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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
 

App: SOS4US

By Arnout de Vries on September 9, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: 112, 911, app, emergency, SOS4US
In case of emergency this App immediately and silently alerts your personal network when you need it most. There are times when you need instant assistance from family, friends, neighbours or colleagues. Whether you notice something suspicious nearby, you need urgent medical attention or in case of burglary or the threat of violence…..SOS4US (iOS, Android) comes to the rescue. With SOS4US you use your smartphone to [...]
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App: Help me

By Arnout de Vries on September 9, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: android, app, button, danger, Daniel Morcombe Foundation, emergency, help me, ios, message, need, network, push, safety, text
Introducing the Daniel Morcombe Foundation ‘Help Me’ App (iOS, Android). A great way to not only help keep kids safe, but assist people of all ages, from 7 to 97, covering all kinds of personal emergency situations! The ‘Help Me’ button sounds a warning and allows you to can send off an SMS text to two (2) nominated ‘safety’ numbers, as part of your Trusted Safety [...]
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App: Sidekik

By Arnout de Vries on September 3, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: activist, app, human, Indiegogo, legal representation, Police, record, rights, sidekik
As we have seen, the violent crackdown on independent journalism in Ferguson is a sign of a worsening situation in much of America. More than ever,?each citizen?needs to become a?member of the media?and record everything that they see during encounters with the police.A new smartphone app called Sidekik aims to make it as easy as possible for you not only to record the police [...]
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App: Kash Dash

By Arnout de Vries on September 2, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, applied gaming, Burton, children, dog, game, kash dash, kids, online, Police, safety, serious game, Staffordshire, UK
Niamh Pusey, aged 15 jaar, is enthousiastic about the game A new mobile game that helps young people stay safe online has been given the ?thumbs-up? by youngsters in Burton. The ?Kash Dash? app, which has been designed by the Office of Staffordshire?s Police and Crime Commissioner, features Staffordshire police dogs Emma and Jasper, and former police dog and force mascot Kash. With game-play similar to the popular mobile [...]
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OurHood

By Arnout de Vries on September 1, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: citizens, crime, neighborhood, neighbourhood, OurHood, platform, Police, public, safety, social media, south africa, watch
The sharing economy is a really exciting concept. The idea has been around for a decade now and popularised by internet startups like the accommodation sharing platform AirBnb and carpooling service by Uber. In South Africa, in the true spirit of Ubuntu, Springleap is a good example, enabling creatives to collaborate and connect with agencies. Until now though there hasn?t really been a platform that concentrates on building [...]
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App: CityCop

By Arnout de Vries on August 30, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, Citycop
A new crime reporting smartphone app has become an addictive new habit for concerned citizens of Montevideo, Uruguay. But the crowdsourced data produced by?CityCop?might be creating more problems than it really solves. CityCop was downloaded more than 25,000 times in just the first few weeks after its launch, and has already been used to report over 20,000 ?incidents.? Keep in mind there are only 3.2 million people in all [...]
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@HiddenCash, @HiddenWeed, @Hidden…

By Arnout de Vries on August 26, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: alcohol, beer, cash, crowdsourcing, game, hiddenbeer, hiddencash, hiddenweed, illegal trade, trafficking, treasure hunt, twitter, weed
The police in Los Angeles announced to keep a close watch on the?HiddenCash?initiatives on social media. The modern treasure hunters climb trees and buildings looking for an envelope with money. Hundreds of people gathered when three people had found an envelope. The finders often communicate via Twitter but?those that come to see themselves can be honest people or have other intentions … It all started in [...]
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Bellingcat

By Arnout de Vries on August 26, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: Aaron Zelin, Aric Toler, Bellingcat, Brown Moses, buk, citizen, crowdsourcing, detective, DIY, Eliot Higgins, Henkvaness, investigation, journalism, kickstarter, long tail, MH17, open source, Peter Jukes, russia, suncalc, Syria, torez, Ukraine
Bellingcat?is an online platform for citizen investigative journalism. Eliot Higgins, known online as Brown Moses, became a frequently consulted weapons expert in the Syrian conflict in just two years and without specialist knowledge, just sitting behind his computer in Leicester. As a result of this success he came up with the idea of?Bellingcat: a?platform for open source investigative journalism. Within four weeks he earned his [...]
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Online music: when does it become a threat?

By Arnout de Vries on August 25, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: lyrics, music, online music, social media, text, threat, unlawful, violent
When do online music or lyrics become a criminal threat? The Internet is rife with violent talk from blogs to YouTube channels dedicated to dark and twisted fantasies. But when should threats be taken seriously? The Supreme Court of the United States?Monday?decided to tackle that question with a free speech case that could change the way we communicate online. A Pennsylvania man,?Read more →

LEEDIR

By Arnout de Vries on August 22, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: amazon, Authorities, boston, CitizenGlobal, citizens, digital, EEF, emergency, events, evidence, George D. Crowley Jr., incidents, Kelly Hoover, LEEDIR, marathon, Nate Cardozo, participation, PD, Police Department, Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office, Scott Edson
LEEDIR, the?Large Emergency Event Digital Information Repository, is a mobile app and web application that allows?photo sharing?and?video sharing?and enables citizens to submit pictures and videos directly to?law enforcementand relief agencies during major occurrences including?natural disasters, terrorist, and criminal events. Police are embracing apps to crowdsource investigations.?LEEDIR’s free platform that can be activated by law enforcement and/or relief agencies during a major emergency event in the USA and is available [...]
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