Digital Crime & Justice: How Social Media Shapes Modern Investigations

🕵️‍♂️ In today’s hyper-connected world, social media is more than just a platform for sharing selfies and memes—it’s a powerful tool for both criminals and crimefighters. This eye-opening class explores the dual role of social media in the digital age of crime and justice.

Participants will uncover how criminals exploit platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and encrypted messaging apps to coordinate illegal activities, recruit accomplices, and evade detection. Then, we flip the lens to show how law enforcement agencies use the same platforms to track suspects, gather evidence, and even predict criminal behavior.

💡 What You’ll Learn

• Criminal Tactics on Social Media
• How offenders use social media for fraud, trafficking, cyberbullying, and more
• Real-world examples of crimes planned or executed online
• Law Enforcement Strategies
• Digital surveillance and open-source intelligence (OSINT)
• Case studies of crimes solved through social media footprints
• Tech Ecosystem Connections
• How social media links to GPS, facial recognition, metadata, and cloud storage
• The role of AI, geolocation, and cross-platform data in modern investigations

🎯 Who Should Attend

Perfect for new detectives and criminal investigators as well as patrol officers and those entering the field of digital investigations.