Social Media for Security

September 26, 2012 / Melody Smith / Comments Off on Social Media for Security

Social media has proved its worth, yet again. Twitter, Facebook and other popular sites are 24-hour sources of data that require an automated tool for deciding what’s important and what is not. What is important in the realm of law enforcement is the pitch at trade conferences and in publications for those in the “biz.”

With hundreds of millions of tweets being transmitted across the Web every day and double that number for Facebook users, the data that is available to law enforcement and the security sector is massive.

The Huffington Post brought this news to our attention in their interesting article, “Web Surveillance Through Social Media Sites A Powerful Tool For Local Law Enforcement.” Technology companies are developing software to discern the data that can be of assistance in solving crimes, preventing crimes, and assuring security.

Melody K. Smith

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Melody Smith

Melody K. Smith has provided organizational, social media and digital communication services to a large non-profit for the past twenty years. Prior to that she championed employee engagement and communications in the healthcare field. She holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing. When not wrangling and writing TaxoDiary content for your reading pleasure, Melody writes fiction, rescues dogs and throws legendary dinner parties.