Digital Forensics Explained, 2nd Edition

Chapter 9Social media forensics

Introduction

With the advent of Web 2.0 and the introduction of user-created content and collaboration came a set of Internet-based sites and tools that are collectively known as social media. Social Media refers to Internet-based technology tools that allow individuals to communicate, collaborate, and establish a community with others. There are several categories of social media, each of which provides different information and functionality to its users. The common element of all the social media sites and technologies described above is the massive amount of information posted, created, and linked to by individual users. These data collections provide forensic investigators with an invaluable resource ...