Volume 43, Issue 2, August 2024, Pages 261–271
Kausik Maitra1
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Cyber Science and Technology, Brainware University, Kolkata, 700125, India
Original language: English
Copyright © 2024 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Cybercrime in social media by definition is any harmful act committed from or against a computer or Network, is a crime committed in a virtual space and a virtual space is fashioned in a way that information about persons, objects, facts, events, phenomena or processes are represented in mathematical, symbol or any other way and transferred through local and global Networks. Digital forensic analysis of social media platforms has emerged as a vital tool for enhancing criminal investigations and evidence collection. With the increasing popularity of social media, criminals often use these platforms to plan, commit, and boast about their crimes. However, identifying and retrieving digital traces from social media can be challenging due to the complex nature of these platforms and the dynamic nature of the content. This project aims to explore digital forensic techniques and methodologies for effectively analysing social media data, including user profiles, posts, messages, and metadata. And it can aid in determining cyber threats and fraud by examining evidence present in emails, social media, and other forms of digital communication that are part of cyber-attacks and financial crimes.
Author Keywords: Cyber Investigation, IT ACT 2000, Web Scrapping, Cyberbullying, NLP, Privacy, Online Fraud, Digital Evidence.
Kausik Maitra1
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Cyber Science and Technology, Brainware University, Kolkata, 700125, India
Original language: English
Copyright © 2024 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Cybercrime in social media by definition is any harmful act committed from or against a computer or Network, is a crime committed in a virtual space and a virtual space is fashioned in a way that information about persons, objects, facts, events, phenomena or processes are represented in mathematical, symbol or any other way and transferred through local and global Networks. Digital forensic analysis of social media platforms has emerged as a vital tool for enhancing criminal investigations and evidence collection. With the increasing popularity of social media, criminals often use these platforms to plan, commit, and boast about their crimes. However, identifying and retrieving digital traces from social media can be challenging due to the complex nature of these platforms and the dynamic nature of the content. This project aims to explore digital forensic techniques and methodologies for effectively analysing social media data, including user profiles, posts, messages, and metadata. And it can aid in determining cyber threats and fraud by examining evidence present in emails, social media, and other forms of digital communication that are part of cyber-attacks and financial crimes.
Author Keywords: Cyber Investigation, IT ACT 2000, Web Scrapping, Cyberbullying, NLP, Privacy, Online Fraud, Digital Evidence.
How to Cite this Article
Kausik Maitra, “Digital Forensic Analysis of Social Media Platforms for Enhanced Investigation and Evidence Collection,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 261–271, August 2024.
