Hacks mimic identity of your friend to access your information Friends connecting on Facebook, more than ever, is something that needs to be respected and trusted. Recently a number of people including me have received friend requests on Facebook from people they know. Why is this unusual? Because these requests are from people who...
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Missing in action I recently posted about the increasing number of ways that social media is being used for social good – including saving the lives of human rights workers. Now social media – and Twitter in particular – is becoming the mainstream way of locating missing people. I was slightly surprised when I reviewed...
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West Midlands Police made Press Conference history in the United Kingdom today LIVE at YouTube. For the UK, it’s the first time a police force has streamed a live press conference seeking a suspect or witness in an ongoing investigation. In a Google world where fast is better than slow (on the web or...
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If you’re interested in British Police use of social media, you should definitely follow Mike Downes (@mikedownesmedia) who produces an incredibly useful monthly statistical update on UK police social media accounts. In his latest post, Mike has focused on the sharp increase in the number of people “Liking” police Facebook posts – where 16 forces...
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Police departments of old always operated by one simple motto…”nothing to see here, move along.” In the age of social it’s hard to change that mentality, especially if you we’re raised with the above motto. Police held their information close to the vest and hardly communicated at all with the public. When you used...
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Criminals and law enforcement officials both make use of new technologies and social media in particular to outwit each other. This week’s post focuses on how gangs use social media and how police respond. Gangs use social media to brag Gang members use the whole range of social media platforms to spread inflammatory messages...
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This article is a cross-post partnership with Bright Blue Line, celebrating the global spirit of law enforcement cooperation, innovation and support. Jump What have I gotten myself into? I agreed to jump without even asking what it was, or where was I going to land. I think the last words replied were, “Let’s do...
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A quite amazing thing happened on Friday 22 March that brought the law enforcement and policing community closer together. The world became a smaller place thanks to social media and a special event. But putting all the charts and graphs aside, what did it actually achieve? The global police Twitter day, known by the...
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BrightPlanet has tallied the final results from the Global Law Enforcement Tweet-a-Thon. Over 200 police departments, from at least 10 countries, speaking 23 languages, participated in a 24-hour “virtual ride-along” on March 22-23. #poltwt was even a top 10 trending topic in the United States on March 22. A total of 15,621 Twitter users...
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A colleague of mine recently raised this question with me. With all of the information on social media, how does one possibly figure out what is true and what is false? In the middle of an emergency or ‘breaking news’ especially, how do people follow Twitter…a forum where anyone in the world can post...
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