This webinar presentation, led by the ATF’s National Firearms Trafficking Center, will cover foundational knowledge and skills to effectively leverage social media platforms in support of criminal investigations, intelligence gathering, and threat assessments. The webinar will discuss how social media data can supplement traditional investigative and analytical techniques, as well as what can and what cannot be done as it pertains to social media exploitation. Presentation topics will include the following:

•What is OSINT and SOCINT and the Internet
•Account Identification
•OPSEC – controlling information leakage
•Setting up Devices
•Creating Accounts
•Documentation of Findings

This training is restricted to federal, state, and Tribal prosecutors, law enforcement and intelligence analysts employed by a law enforcement agency . There is no charge to attend this webinar. CLE will not be provided.

This training is a joint effort hosted by federal law enforcement agencies responding to violent crime in Indian Country. Sponsoring agencies include the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Indian Country Training Initiative, the United States Indian Police Academy, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Department of the Interior’s Office of Law Enforcement and Security’s Victim Assistance Program. If you have any questions, please contact Lamesha Bowman at Lamesha.Bowman@usdoj.gov, Deborah Thomas at Deborah.Thomas@usdoj.gov or Leslie A. Hagen at Leslie.hagen3@usdoj.gov.