USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AS A CRIME FIGHTING TOOL

USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AS A CRIME FIGHTING TOOL

4 Introduction to the Annotated Bibliography Problem Statement The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has a longstanding history of using outdated technology that has a direct impact on the ability to conduct federal investigations (Ryan, 2014). The FBI did not adopt a functioning automated case management system that allowed the maintenance of digital documents until 2012. Prior to this point, the FBI was using the same paper file system that it had used since the creation of the Bureau back in the 1930s (Ryan, 2014).

As technology advances, federal investigators can locate criminals and bring their misdeeds to justice if they have access to the technology that is on par with, or ahead of, the criminals they pursue (FBI, 2016). One of the many areas that is a rich source of investigative information are the publicly available data housed on social media sites (Hua, 2015). The popularity of social media has grown to the point where nearly two-thirds (65%) of all adults in the United States use the websites (Perrin, 2015).




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