Busting Myths About Collecting Social‑media Data for Criminal Investigations

Date Posted: January 30th, 2023

Social-media companies collect and store data to understand patterns for advertising and product-development purposes. The data collected and behavior patterns revealed are also useful to criminal investigations. Investigators need to build patterns of activity for any target with whom they are communicating, and of the specific content in conversations. Unfortunately, many persistent myths about social-media data collection are causing people to hesitate about adding social-media collection to investigations.

Learn more about the information you can access through social media, the costs of collecting social-media data, what’s involved with setup and monitoring, and more in Busting Myths About Collecting Social‑media Data for Criminal Investigations. This white paper also answers common questions about data disappearance, data quality, and working with social-media companies.