Detectives perceive an information overload in using social media data in police investigations, because of the abundance of available information, limitations in human processing capacity and problems in human-machine interaction. This results in a possible loss of relevant information that is…
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…
Researchers at Birmingham City University have identified six types of killer who use Facebook to commit crimes, in the first-ever study on how the social networking site can affect criminal behaviour. Dr Elizabeth Yardley and Prof David Wilson, from the university’s centre of applied…
There are new efforts to try to track down missing kids faster. Now, Facebook is joining the effort. From here on out, when a child goes missing in your area, an AMBER Alert will appear in your news feed. The system is unique. Instead of sending out nationwide AMBER Alerts, the Facebook system…
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…
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…
Dog the Bounty Hunter (Duane Chapman, 61), heeft social media ontdekt tijdens de jacht op War Machine (Jon Koppenhaver), een vechtsporter in de MMA (Mixed Martial Arts). En dat na 30 jaar werkervaring. De kranten koppen met titels als: “Dog the Bounty Hunter” unleashes the digital dogs:…
After memes such as neknominaties‘, checknominating and ‘wet suit” a new nomination meme has come to town. Hundreds of young people set themselves on fire and put the images onto social media, in the game of gaining fame. Playing with fire, literally and figuratively. The #FireChallenge already…
A new generation and new communication tools. Also the Italian Mafia is using them. Where the old ‘Dons’ only used Pizzini’s, encrypted notes, the new generation of Mafia members make full use of social media. They have Facebook pages, use likes to express their interests, boast about their…
#Facebook is not a Law Enforcement issue, please don’t call us about it being down, we don’t know when FB will be back up! – Sgt. Brink (@LASDBrink) August 1, 2014 When Facebook was down in the USA, many people called 911. In New York, Los Angeles and other places Facebook was temporarily down…
If in social venues something goes wrong you have for example the barman in a pub whom you can talk to, at larger venues, there are porters, but most social media services have entire departments. But they service the whole world. Facebook has, for some time now, a Safety Center that is intended…
Facebook warning: burglars may be watching It seems harmless enough: announcing your holiday plans on Facebook or uploading that dinner party photo to Twitter. But according to cyber safety experts, such posts are a gift to burglars and stalkers. “Not only are you telling me where you are,…
We’re all familiar with the photo “reconstructions” of offenders’ faces, created and publicised in the hope a member of the public will recognise the perpetrator and lead to a break in the case. Yet just how easy is it to recreate a stranger’s face from memory? The Open University has developed…
