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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
 

How big data is reducing burglaries in Amsterdam

By Arnout de Vries on June 17, 2016 · Add Comment Tagged With: amsterdam, arrest, CAS, crime, criminal anticipation system, effective, Police, predictive policing, prescriptive policing, prevention, red handed
Using software to catch criminals in the act, or to prevent them from striking in the first place: it seems like science fiction, but it?s already happening in Amsterdam. Despite significant drawbacks to the current technology, it looks like Predictive Policing will soon be a reality. Predictive Policing involves gauging the risk of crime with the aid of software, based on massive data points that are linked together. [...]
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Police in Amsterdam use Facebook ads in criminal investigation

By Arnout de Vries on March 12, 2016 · Add Comment Tagged With: ads, amsterdam, criminal, facebook, head, investigation
Homicide investigators in Amsterdam are turning to social media in the hopes of gathering more information about a gruesome murder in which a severed head was found on a city street, and the remaining body found inside a burning stolen van miles away. The death of 23-year-old Nabil Amzieb has been in the headlines for several days in the Netherlands, with the [...]
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Twitter poll influences police plan to fine cyclists

By Arnout de Vries on March 12, 2016 · Add Comment
A policeman in the Overijssel town of Kampen has used Twitter to find out what locals think he should do about people cycling in pedestrian only areas. Jean Louis Becker placed an online poll on the social media platform to find out if people who cycle through a pedestrian area should be warned or fined. In total, 71 people voted and a clear majority backed instant [...]
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App: Gershad

By Arnout de Vries on February 13, 2016 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, bbc, checkpoint, gershad, iran, map, morality, patrolling, patrols, Police
Android app helps Iranians avoid morality police checkpoints Gershad crowdsources intelligence on routes around potential public humiliation. Community mapping applications come in all shapes and sizes. There are apps to help drivers avoid speed traps, maneuver around?traffic jams, and find cheap gas. And now there’s one that helps people avoid being pulled from their car by the Ershad?Iran’s morals police. Anonymous developers in Iran recently released [...]
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App: Reporty

By Arnout de Vries on February 4, 2016 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, reporty
Reporty?is a suite of tools aiming to bridge the gap between people and the resources designed to help them. It is the 1st video emergency app launched by a country (Israel), used on a national scale, supporting a mobile application for Apple?s iOS and Google?s Android devices, as well as a Command and Control Center. When people are found in emergency situations, directions they give to Police or other first [...]
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App: Escort Live Radar

By Arnout de Vries on January 26, 2016 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, detector, escort, map, radar
As a driver, one of the things we fear the most is seeing those familiar red and blue lights flashing behind us or having a police flag us down. Nothing ruins your day more than getting a traffic ticket. That could be why apps like Waze and other traffic reporting apps have been so popular lately. They allow you to spot where the police are beforehand and adjust your driving [...]
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App: EVAC app

By Arnout de Vries on January 20, 2016 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, EVAC, evacuation
A paper from the?Journal of Computer Science and?Applied Mathematical Sciences?explains an intelligent autonomous evacuation navigation (AEN) system manages to solve wayfinding problems during emergency evacuation, especially for those who are not familiar with the building. AEN system is expected to provide independent evacuation navigation through the dynamic signage, which helps occupants navigate to the safest and shortest path towards the nearest exit. It uses modified Dijkstra’s algorithm in [...]
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Yelp

By Arnout de Vries on November 30, 2015 · Add Comment Tagged With: detective, platform, Police, social media, surveillance, Yelp
Yelp is an American corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California. It develops, hosts and markets Yelp.com and the Yelp mobile app, which publish crowd-sourced reviews about local businesses, as well as the online reservation service SeatMe and online food-delivery service Eat24. The company also trains small businesses in how to respond to reviews, hosts social events for reviewers, and provides data about businesses, including health inspection scores. Yelp [...]
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App: ReThink

By Arnout de Vries on November 30, 2015 · Add Comment Tagged With: accountability, app, bullying, cyberbullying, moderation, ReThink
A game-changing app, which forces teenagers to rethink offensive remarks before posting them online, has been manufactured to stamp out the problem of online trolls.?The sophisticated software, known as reThink (Android, iOS), is the brain child of tech whiz, Trisha Prabhu, 15, from Illinois, who was only 13 when she devised the technology. The premise behind it is simple: teenagers are impulsive and would be less likely to [...]
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MH17 Crash investigation Dutch Safety Board

By Arnout de Vries on October 15, 2015 · Add Comment Tagged With: dutch safety board, flight, investigation, malaysian airlines, MH17, ukrain
Dutch Safety Board: Buk surface-to-air missile system caused MH17 crash ?The crash of flight MH17 on 17 July 2014 was caused by the detonation of a 9N314M-type warhead launched from the eastern part of Ukraine using a Buk missile system. So says the investigation report published by the Dutch Safety Board today. Moreover, it is clear that Ukraine already had sufficient reason to close the airspace over the [...]
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