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While social media is now well-engrained in our day-to-day lives, it continues to evolve as new apps and social networks like TikTok come to the forefront. Social media privacy is changing right along with it. Ultimately, these changes have significant implications for users, social media investigators, and legal proceedings. As leaders in social media investigations, […]

Cyber libel, defamation, and slander are on the rise. This is largely due to two factors: 1) individuals are emboldened by the ease at which they can post content with fake information, and 2) the growing number of social media users. Statista predicted that the number of users across all social media platforms will reach […]

According to the 2022 FBI’s Internet Crimes Complaint Center (IC3), this past year, victims claim to have lost approximately $700 million to romance scammers. While romance scams are not something new, the popularity of online dating has allowed criminals to increase their pool of victims from the comfort of a computer screen. This Valentine’s Day, we […]

If you are experiencing cyber harassment, stalking, or bullying, it can be difficult to know where to turn. You may be thinking: Am I actually experiencing online harassment? How do I report it? Can I sue someone or involve the police? Let’s go over what constitutes online harassment, and what to do if someone targets […]

Since its 2018 debut, the video app known as TikTok has taken the U.S. market by storm. In 2022, TikTok saw 3 billion downloads, 1 billion monthly users, and 1 billion videos viewed per day. So, the big question is why is this video app being banned in the United States? The answer is that it’s […]

In 2021, Darrell Brooks was accused of deliberately driving his SUV into a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin — which left six people dead and 62 people injured. Brooks was arrested and arraigned on six counts of first-degree murder and countless other charges, including reckless endangerment. The trial lasted for over three weeks, during which […]

Scammers, fraudsters, hackers, and just plain mean people create fake social media accounts by the thousands every day. Anyone can be a target – celebrities, influencers, businesses, and even regular people. In fact, in the first quarter of 2022, Facebook took action on 1.6 billion fake accounts. And that is just one social media network. […]

(Story shared with permission, but names have been changed to protect privacy) Recently a teenage girl went missing overnight, law enforcement couldn’t help and the only lead was an Instagram message from an unknown account.  Jane, the mother of the missing teen Kylie, remembers the morning that she made the frightening discovery that her daughter […]

If you’re a business owner or freelancer, you’ve probably had a client or two that refused to pay for goods and services rendered. Normally, when this happens, you’d try to contact them about their missing payment. The problem starts when you try (and fail) multiple times to reach the client, and it seems that they’ve […]

In today’s digital age, more and more people are spending time on the internet. They spend an average of 2 hours and 27 minutes on social media alone, with the younger population driving numbers even higher. Nigeria, the Philippines, India, the United States, and China are the five countries that spend the longest time across multiple social […]