How Law Enforcement Officers Use Facebook to Carry Out Investigations

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Article Synopsis – Social Media and Police
In his NBC News article, Richard Lardner, Your new Facebook ‘friend’ maybe the FBI, takes a deep dive into how the agency uses social media platforms, in particular, Facebook, in their investigations. According to Lardner, social media platforms have provided the investigative officers a nice platform to go undercover by creating dummy accounts, making connections with unsuspecting criminals, and potentially gathering useful information from reckless crime offenders. Suspects can hardly lie about their whereabouts simply because, with the geotagging feature of social media platforms, law enforcement officers can get the precise location of the suspect. Some crimes require the effort of several law enforcement agencies, and they have come up with a strategy they term as deconfliction to avoid conflicts and interfer...