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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
 

Next Generation of Community Policing

By Arnout de Vries on April 24, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: community, Dallas, generation, Lauri Stevens, next, PD, Police, policing, social media, twitter
Dallas Police Department Rolls Out Aggressive Social Media Strategy Plans call for more use of social media to build relationships & increase community cooperation & trust By: Lauri Stevens As one of the 10 largest police departments in the country, the Dallas Police Department (DPD) was keenly aware of the power of social media to engage citizens and prevent and solve crime. Having already made its mark with [...]
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Predict crime with Twitter

By Arnout de Vries on April 21, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: crime, law enforcement, Police, predictive policing, predpol, prevention, research, social media, twitter, university, virginia
Social media today are the most popular means to share photos, videos, stories, thoughts and everything that engages us in sharing with other people. Whether we know them or not. But all of this information could be used for other purposes too. If you were to work in the advertising business all information coming from social media equals gold. And even for the police social media offer very valuable communication [...]
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Arrest in Amanda Todd case

By Arnout de Vries on April 19, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: amanda todd, anonymous, canada, case, cyberbully, threat
The?Canadian teenager Amanda Todd committed suicide in 2012 after posting a YouTube video detailing the harassment and bullying. The video was viewed over 17 million times since then: This week?an arrest has been made in the Netherlands in the case of Amanda Todd who was blackmailed to expose herself in front of a webcam, Canadian police confirmed on Thursday. According to Anonymous, they found out his name back in 2012 [...]
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Tinder

By Arnout de Vries on April 19, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, dating, eHarmony, Grindr, grooming, sexting, Tinder, Wyldfire
Tinder?was founded in 2012 and was first used at?universities. In 2013 it won the Best Startup TechCrunch award and it has since gone viral. Tinder is a location based dating service (they call it “social discovery”) that connects people with similar interests and nearby locations. It uses Facebook profiles to match people. Users of Tinder can ‘like’ or ‘fit’ recommended?people with a swipe (movement of the finger). [...]
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Twittergirl arrested for airline terror threat

By Arnout de Vries on April 15, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: 14, airline, american, arrested, QueenDemetriax, rotterdam, threat, Twittergirl, year
A 14-year-old Dutch girl who tweeted a terror threat to American Airlines as a ?joke? has reportedly been arrested by police in Rotterdam. A Twitter user calling herself Sarah with the handle @QueenDemetriax_ tweeted: American Airlines responded swiftly from their official Twitter account and moments later, in a series of tweets, the girl pleaded with the airline, writing “I’m just a girl” and claiming the threat was [...]
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Boston Bombings 2013: Online explosions, trolls and media errors

By Arnout de Vries on April 10, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: bombing, bombings, boston, media errors
Social media activity The map below shows the Twitter traffic with 200 posts tagged with a location out of a set of 500,000 with hashtag #BostonMarathon from the tragic day of the attack (an explosion of tweets in one day!) Made by a student at Syracuse University. But Todd Mostak of MIT has created a visualization in MAPD [...]
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App: Tag You’re It

By Arnout de Vries on April 8, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, Pinchit, snapchat, Tag, You're It
Tag?-You’re It (Apple, Android) is a safe alternative to Snapchat. They don?t disappear and it offers recipients the directions to your current location. You just send where you are and what you are doing to whomever you want so they can come meet you. Tag – You?re It?was created by Pinchit, Incorporated. The app allows users to share their locations with any of their close [...]
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App: Kitestring

By Arnout de Vries on April 8, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, bsafe, check, circleof6, kitestring, mom, overprotective, safe, timer, watchoverme
Kitestring is a ?safecall service? that checks up on users when they are in a potentially uncomfortable situation (i.e. walking at night, on a blind date, etc.). Users tell kitestring where they are going and the expected duration of the trip. When the time amount the user has given Kitestring is up, the app will send a check-in text to the user, which users simply reply to. [...]
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App: Rave Guardian

By Arnout de Vries on April 8, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: campus, college, Police, Rave Guardian, safety, Students, university
September is National Campus Safety Awareness Month, and as concern for safety on campus increases, colleges are turning to new applications, programs and other methods to protect students. Rave Guardian (iTunes, Android) partners with universities to provide the free app, which is offered to not only students, but faculty and staff as well. It?s currently used by more than?100 colleges and universities, but that number continues to grow [...]
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Private Cop

By Arnout de Vries on April 6, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: Bennie Beuvink, citizen participation, crime solving, Police, private cop, social media
Citizens who play for local policeman? That is not the goal of Private Cop solution. With this app, which in 2013 was developed by a cop and an entrepreneur from Twente, residents do have a digital policing notebook in their hands. This enables them to inform their environment about suspicious and alarming situations. With text, photos, drawings, films and sound recordings. And even with an SMS alert. Bennie [...]
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