Manual on Social Media Intelligence (SOCMINT) for Law Enforcement Agencies

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Manual on Social Media Intelligence (SOCMINT) for Law Enforcement Agencies (August, 2021) NATIONAL CYBER CRIME RESEARCH & INNOVATION CENTRE (NCR&IC) Modernization Division BUREAU OF POLICE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India

MANUAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA INTELLIGENCE (SOCMINT) FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES A Guide for Gathering Intelligence from Social Media

NATIONAL CYBER CRIME RESEARCH & INNOVATION CENTRE MODERNIZATION DIVISION BUREAU OF POLICE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT NEW DELHI

Bureau of Police Research & Development, New Delhi

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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LIST OF TABLES Table 1:

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Table 4:

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Twitter & Evidence

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Instagram Popular Terminology

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Instagram and Evidences

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Table 10:

Whatsapp Popular Features & Evidences

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Table 11:

Telegram and Evidence

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Table 12:

Signal and Evidence

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ACRONYMS SOCMINT 

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INTRODUCTION: SOCIAL MEDIA INTELLIGENCE (SOCMINT)

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How Social Media Intelligence is Gathered?

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Objectives

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Social Media vs Social Networking System Table 1: Social Media vs Social Networking System 5QEKCN/GFKC5[UVGO

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Figure 1: Social Media VS Social Networking

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