WhatWhat isis SocialSocial Networking?Networking?
AnAn onlineonline serviceservice thatthat focusesfocuses buildingbuilding relationsrelations betweenbetween peoplepeople basedbased onon interestsinterests and/orand/or activities.activities. AA socialsocial networknetwork consistsconsists ofof useruser profilesprofiles withwith linkslinks toto otherother profiles.profiles. KeyKey isis abilityability toto searchsearch forfor otherother profiles.profiles. AA ““friendfriend”” recommendationrecommendation system,system, basedbased onon trust,trust, isis thethe hallmarkhallmark ofof socialsocial networks.networks. WhoWho hashas aa SocialSocial NetworkNetwork Profile?Profile?
AdultsAdults whowho useuse socialsocial networkingnetworking sites:sites: Total:Total: 51%51% 1818--2929 yrsyrs 79%79% 3030--4949 yrsyrs 61%61% 5050--6464 yrsyrs 38%38% 6565 plusplus 14%14%
Source Pew Internet & American Life Project 2012 SocialSocial NetworkingNetworking SitesSites
USAUSA MarketMarket share:share: FacebookFacebook 55%55% TwitterTwitter 13%13% LinkedInLinkedIn 7%7% GoogleGoogle ++ 6%6% MySpaceMySpace 2%2% OthersOthers 17%17% ComScore 10/2012 ThailandThailand && SocialSocial MediaMedia
TheThe mostmost populouspopulous FacebookFacebook UserUser CityCity inin thethe WorldWorld isis BangkokBangkok 8,682,9408,682,940 **
HI5HI5 secondsecond mostmost popularpopular socialsocial mediamedia sitesite
Twitter,Twitter, Interpals,Interpals, TumblrTumblr && InstagramInstagram
* Facebook Top Ten Cities 2012 SocialSocial NetworkingNetworking SitesSites
TheThe SphereSphere (luxury(luxury network)network) Mixi,Mixi, Renren,Renren, WretchWretch (Asia(Asia sites)sites) Hi5,Hi5, OrkutOrkut (South(South America)America) Match.com,Match.com, EharmonyEharmony IwiwIwiw (Hungary)(Hungary) LinkedIn,LinkedIn, AskAsk--aa--peerpeer (professional)(professional) ORBORB (confidential)(confidential) FacebookFacebook
800800 MillionMillion profilesprofiles 100100 BillionBillion uploadeduploaded photosphotos LiveLive feedfeed –– UsersUsers activitiesactivities areare streamedstreamed SearchSearch boxbox allowsallows connectionsconnections amongamong users.users. ProfilesProfiles areare aa selfself--description.description. ““TypeType yourselfyourself intointo being.being.”” TwitterTwitter
AA veryvery popularpopular instantinstant messengermessenger systemsystem thatthat letslets aa personperson sendsend briefbrief texttext messagesmessages upup toto 140140 characterscharacters inin lengthlength toto aa listlist ofof followers.followers. AA shortshort burstburst ofof inconsequentialinconsequential information.information. KnowKnow asas ““tweets.tweets.”” MicroMicro--bloggingblogging site.site. YouTubeYouTube
AA videovideo sharingsharing websitewebsite thatthat allowsallows usersusers toto uploadupload andand shareshare videosvideos forfor privateprivate oror publicpublic viewing.viewing. AllowsAllows viewersviewers commentscomments toto accompanyaccompany video.video. 44 billionbillion videosvideos viewedviewed daily;daily; 7070 %% ofof videosvideos comescomes fromfrom outsideoutside USA.USA. UpcomingUpcoming rival:rival: 4Chan.com4Chan.com TrendingTrending TopicsTopics
SocialSocial Mention.comMention.com AllowsAllows aa realreal timetime searchsearch ofof toptop trendingtrending topicstopics inin socialsocial media.media. UserUser maymay includeinclude aa termterm inin searchsearch boxbox toto determinedetermine wherewhere && howhow termterm isis used.used. ConstantlyConstantly monitoredmonitored byby consumerconsumer productproduct companies.companies. CaseCase Study:Study: DiscoveryDiscovery HQHQ
9/1/20109/1/2010 13:0413:04 SilverSilver Springs,Springs, MarylandMaryland JamesJames LeeLee takestakes threethree hostageshostages withwith handgunhandgun && claimsclaims toto havehave anan explosiveexplosive device.device. TwitterTwitter feeds:feeds: 13:1413:14 ““CopsCops ww gunsguns drawndrawn atat ODP.ODP.”” 13:2913:29 ““WeWe areare inin lockdownlockdown inin mymy building!!!building!!! ManMan withwith gungun onon thethe looseloose insideinside DiscoveryDiscovery ChannelChannel building!!!!building!!!!”” CaseCase Study:Study: DiscoveryDiscovery HQHQ
MySpaceMySpace profileprofile ofof JamesJames LeeLee locatedlocated withwith linkslinks toto hishis YouTubeYouTube videosvideos andand blogblog posts.posts. SaveThePlanetProtest.comSaveThePlanetProtest.com SocialSocial networkingnetworking profileprofile showsshows abductorabductor isis anan environmentalenvironmental radicalradical whowho lovesloves animalsanimals andand hateshates people.people. SociallySocially isolated,isolated, fewfew friendsfriends listedlisted onon site.site. CaseCase Study:Study: DiscoveryDiscovery HQHQ
PhotoPhoto ofof armedarmed abductorabductor wentwent viralviral inin realreal time.time. ItIt waswas aa bogusbogus photo.photo. TheThe momentmoment thethe namename ofof thethe abductorabductor waswas publiclypublicly releasedreleased hundredshundreds ofof peoplepeople soughtsought outout socialsocial networkingnetworking informationinformation && postedposted thethe informationinformation inin realreal--time.time. NumberNumber #1#1 trendingtrending topictopic thatthat dayday waswas ““DiscoveryDiscovery”” followedfollowed byby ““gunman.gunman.”” CaseCase Study:Study: WestWest IndianIndian DayDay ParadeParade
OctoberOctober 16,16, 20122012 Brooklyn,Brooklyn, NewNew YorkYork 1717 OfficersOfficers postedposted racistracist statementsstatements && photosphotos onon theirtheir personalpersonal socialsocial mediamedia profiles.profiles. AllAll reprimandedreprimanded withwith 1010 daysdays offoff withwith nono pay.pay. New York Post 10/17/2012 CaseCase Study:Study: KidnappingsKidnappings
JapaneseJapanese journalistjournalist KosuheKosuhe TsuneokaTsuneoka heldheld captivecaptive byby TalibanTaliban forfor fivefive months.months. LowLow rankingranking TalibanTaliban captorcaptor requestedrequested helphelp withwith aa newnew cellularcellular phone.phone. ““II amam stillstill alive,alive, butbut inin jail.jail.”” ReleasedReleased byby captorscaptors thethe nextnext day.day. UtahUtah womenwomen withwith sonson heldheld forfor 55 daysdays inin homehome--postsposts toto F/B.F/B. PolicePolice rescuedrescued herher inin minutes.minutes. CaseCase Study:Study: OperationOperation TidalTidal WaveWave
TwoTwo BrooklynBrooklyn rivalrival gangsgangs braggedbragged onon socialsocial mediamedia regardingregarding committedcommitted crimescrimes
NYPDNYPD monitoredmonitored Twitter,Twitter, FacebookFacebook && YouTubeYouTube
ResultedResulted inin 4343 criminalcriminal indictmentsindictments CaseCase Study:Study: WesternWestern ColonyColony InnInn
6/21/116/21/11 Ogden,Ogden, UtahUtah JasonJason Valdez,Valdez, WesternWestern ColonyColony InnInn GangGang member,member, barricadesbarricades himselfhimself withwith femalefemale hostagehostage inin aa motelmotel roomroom forfor 1616 hours.hours. FiresFires atat Police.Police. UpdatedUpdated hishis FacebookFacebook pagepage 1515 timestimes includingincluding pictures.pictures. CaseCase Study:Study: WesternWestern ColonyColony InnInn
SeveralSeveral FacebookFacebook friendsfriends postedposted toto himhim supportsupport includingincluding…… ““GunnerGunner inin thethe bushesbushes toto youryour right.right.”” AbductorAbductor repliedreplied ““thanks,thanks, Homie.Homie.”” ““OnlyOnly thethe goodgood diedie young.young.”” AbductorAbductor postedposted ““IfIf II dondon’’tt makemake itit outout alivealive thatthat II amam inin aa betterbetter placeplace andand youyou werewere greatgreat friends.friends.”” FriendFriend repliesreplies ““Dude,Dude, youyou’’rere anan idiot.idiot.”” CaseCase Study:Study: WesternWestern ColonyColony InnInn
MediaMedia inquiredinquired numerousnumerous timestimes onon issueissue ofof policepolice monitoringmonitoring ofof socialsocial media.media. DoDo notnot confirmconfirm oror deny.deny. FacebookFacebook pagepage waswas private;private; lawlaw enforcementenforcement wouldwould needneed anan acceptedaccepted friendfriend toto accessaccess thethe socialsocial networknetwork pagepage oror AnAn expeditedexpedited searchsearch warrantwarrant toto F/B.F/B. www.facebook.com/safety/groups/law/www.facebook.com/safety/groups/law/ gguidelinesuidelines.. SocialSocial ProfileProfile InformationInformation
IsIs thethe profileprofile wellwell--organizedorganized oror chaotic?chaotic? ## ofof friends?friends? (socially(socially isolated)isolated) TypeType ofof friends?friends? (skin(skin heads/goth/gang)heads/goth/gang) DisplayDisplay ofof firearms;firearms; hatehate languagelanguage ?? Hyperlinks?Hyperlinks? WallWall postsposts-- i.e.i.e. otherother friendfriend’’ss comments.comments. DoesDoes thethe profileprofile mentionmention thisthis event?event? MotiveMotive
HostagesHostages takentaken atat womenwomen’’ss gym,gym, school,school, religiousreligious oror governmentgovernment institution.institution.
SearchSearch forfor rantsrants onon blogs,blogs, YouTube,YouTube, oror commentscomments mademade onon websites.websites.
AngryAngry peoplepeople oftenoften ventvent oror proclaimproclaim theirtheir hatredhatred ofof aa groupgroup onon thethe internet.internet. CrimeCrime ReductionReduction && SocialSocial MediaMedia
PolicePolice blotterblotter DigitalDigital wantedwanted posterposter AnonymousAnonymous EE--TipstersTipsters ListeningListening postpost InfiltrationInfiltration InformingInforming thethe publicpublic SocialSocial MediaMedia asas aa ProsecutorProsecutor’’ss tooltool
ResearchResearch defensedefense witnesseswitnesses && expertsexperts
Alibi,Alibi, charactercharacter && ““helicopterhelicopter”” witnesseswitnesses
AlwaysAlways checkcheck sexsex crimescrimes victimvictim’’ss profileprofile
JuryJury selectionselection (name(name && zipcode)zipcode) SocialSocial MediaMedia EthicsEthics
NeverNever falsefalse friendfriend aa suspect/defendantsuspect/defendant
NeverNever writewrite negativenegative commentscomments onon aa JudgeJudge
NeverNever friendfriend aa jurorjuror
NeverNever friendfriend aa JudgeJudge oror defensedefense attorneyattorney MyMy ContactContact InformationInformation
MarcMarc Beaart,Beaart, AssistantAssistant HeadHead DeputyDeputy LosLos AngelesAngeles DistrictDistrict AttorneyAttorney’’ss OfficeOffice HighHigh TechTech CrimesCrimes DirectDirect OfficeOffice PhonePhone ## 213213--580580--33163316 Cel.Cel. PhonePhone (Text(Text oror Call)Call) 661661--645645--39613961 EE--Mail:Mail: [email protected]@da.lacounty.gov