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About SocialMediaDNA

SocialMediaDNA is about sharing knowledge on social media and law enforcement. Topics vary from online components in public order, criminal investigations, intelligence, prosecution to emergency management and communications. More

About SocialMediaDNA

SocialMediaDNA is about sharing knowledge on social media and law enforcement. Topics vary from online components in public order, criminal investigations, intelligence, prosecution to emergency management and communications. More
 

Facebook Safety Check

By Arnout de Vries on October 18, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, facebook, Safety Check
In times of disaster or crisis, people turn to Facebook to check on loved ones and get updates. It is in these moments that communication is most critical both for people in the affected areas and for their friends and families anxious for news. Facebook wants?to provide a helpful tool that people can use when major disasters strike, and introduced?Safety Check?? a simple and easy way to [...]
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App: Censorgram

By Arnout de Vries on October 18, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, censorgram, cyberbullying
The makers of a new app hope it will help some kids block out the dark side of social media, cyber bullying. ?Help stop cyber bullying, spammers, haters and more,? says the narrator of a promotional video for the new app called Censorgram. The makers of Censorgram said they want to completely change the social media landscape. ?We?ve kind of dubbed it as the new social security,? said [...]
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App: FireChat

By Arnout de Vries on October 5, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: ad hoc, app, FireChat, hong kong, iraq, ISP, meshed, network, p2p, provider, telecom
FireChat?is a?proprietary?mobile app, developed by?Open Garden, which uses?wireless mesh networking?to enable?smartphones?to connect via?BlueTooth,?Wi-Fi, or Apple?s Multipeer Connectivity?peer-to-peer?without an internet connection. The app was first introduced in March 2014 (iTunes,?Android).?FireChat first became popular in 2014 in?Iraq?following government restrictions on internet use,?and thereafter during the?Hong Kong protests.?The developers have stated, however, that “?People need to [...]
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Storify case of a stolen phone

By Arnout de Vries on October 5, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: case, FindMyiPhone, locate, Prey, smartphone, stolen, storify, theft, trace, track, twitter
We have shared stories of phone hunts before, but this case as described?on Storify is also a nice example of citizen sleuthing: [<a href=”//storify.com/thenextweb/iphonerescue-the-complete-saga” target=”_blank”>View the story “#iPhoneRescue: The Epic (True) Lost iPhone Story” on Storify</a>] Bronnen: Storify Related Posts:Social Media Quick ScanApp: DefenderApp: Self ProtectApp: Hands UpFriendica
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App: 999Eye

By Arnout de Vries on October 5, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: 999Eye, call, emergency, Fire Service, pilot, project, streaming, UK, video, West Midlands
Emergency Smartphone live Stream project 999eye is being developed by West Midlands Fire Service. 999Eye has?a number of UK services signed up to join us in a UK pilot currently aiming at Jan 2015. They?have demonstrated the first release of the software (recently on the CCRSummit 2014 in The Netherlands), to demonstrate the concept and capabilites. The service can?send a link to a smartphone during calls and [...]
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Crowdsuing

By Arnout de Vries on October 5, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: Crowdsuing, Justice
Another one bites the dust ? though in the positive sense of the word. Socially innovative initiatives such as crowdfunding platforms are popping up like mushrooms, but the legal realms have been largely left untouched. Until now.?Ronald Lenz, a THNK?Class 3?participant, together with fellow social entrepreneurs?Rick Smets?and?Robbert Woltering, has just launchedCrowdsuing: a platform that uses crowdfunding to raise [...]
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Xpire

By Arnout de Vries on September 29, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: cross platform, facebook, privacy, twitter, Xpire
Xpire is a free iPhone app that lets you schedule self-destructing tweets as well as Facebook and Tumblr posts. After all, a tweet along the lines of “I’m at the mall, what’s poppin’?” does not need to live on for future generations. Or even the next day. After launching Xpire for the first time and connecting it to your social media profiles, tap the speech bubble button in the [...]
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#Twerking the police

By Arnout de Vries on September 27, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: dance, festival, meme, metropolitan, Police, Twerking, UK
Police officer gets a twerking on at Notting Hill Carnival http://t.co/k81MQL3t2n pic.twitter.com/RtJoMG4oET ? HuffPostUK Pictures (@HuffPostUKPics) August 25, 2014 This picture from #NottingHillCarnival is just begging to be a caption comp! via @cocobuttergirl1 pic.twitter.com/farhEaozBA ? TCS (@SgtTCS) August 25, 2014 The Metropolitan Police really showed how to police a carnival yesterday! #NottingHillCarnival pic.twitter.com/IxQnvTrcxb ? Claire Howlett (@CEHOWLE) August 25, 2014 [...]
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App: UbnAppd

By Arnout de Vries on September 26, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, record, surveillance, UbnAppd, video
The next crime-fighting tool may be sitting in your pocket: UbnAppd?(iTunes, Android). Capitol Hill residents concerned with local crime issues gathered this past Monday at Grim?s Provisions & Spirits for a public meeting. LGBTQ advocacy group?Social Outreach Seattle?(SOSea) and private company UbnAppd unveiled a new public-safety program: a Smartphone application that can help facilitate notification of local law enforcement. ?I hope nobody ever has to use [...]
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App: Appy Student

By Arnout de Vries on September 24, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, appy student
Tech-savvy students from Huddersfield have joined forces with West Yorkshire Police and the county?s Police and Crime Commissioner to design a new app which aims to keep fellow students safe as they start the new academic year:?Appy Student?(iTunes?and?Android) Under the unique venture, students from Huddersfield University used a ?10,000 grant from West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner Mark Burns-Williamson, in conjunction with Kirklees Community Safety Partnership, [...]
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