III-OSINT-Module 11: Photo & Video Sharing Platforms

Explains and demonstrates, live and on-line, how to locate and capture intelligence and material available on many popular photo & video sharing platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, SnapChat & YouTube.

TRAINING OBJECTIVES

This module introduces several photo & video Sharing Platforms and demonstrates the techniques and processes to investigate them effectively.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The practitioner will have the capability to locate and gather intelligence and material from a broad selection of photo and video sharing platforms.

PUBLIC AUTHORITY / PRIVATE SECTOR DIFFERENTIATION

Module 11A does differentiate but only in the Live Online Training, where investigation opportunities that are available only to Law Enforcement officers are introduced.

MODULE CONTENTS

PHOTO & VIDEO SHARING PLATFORMS

VARIETY & VELOCITY

OVERSIGHT

 

YOUTUBE

A VIDEO UPLOAD PLATFORM

PROCESSING VIDEOS

CHANNELS

LARGER PROFILE IMAGE

USEFUL RESOURCES

VIDEO LOCATION SEARCH

DATA VIEWER

FRAME BY FRAME CAPTURE

COMMENTS SCRAPER

VIDEO DOWNLOAD RESOURCES

 

INSTAGRAM

PROCESSING ACCOUNTS

LOCATING INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT NUMERIC IDs

CONVERT AN ACCOUNT ID TO A NAME

ACCOUNT DATA

THE MOBILE APP

IMAGE TAGS

LARGER PROFILE IMAGE

LOCATIONS

LARGER IMAGES

LINKS / FOLLOWERS

PRIVATE ACCOUNTS

COMMENTS & FOLLOWERS

INSTAGRAM LINKS ON TWITTER

INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT RESEARCH SUMMARY

 

TIKTOK

INTRODUCTION

VELOCITY

OVERSIGHT

THE ALGORITHM

INVESTIGATOR PROFILE

MODERATORS

THE BLACKOUT CHALLENGE

   CENSORING & SHADOW BANNING

 

USER PROFILES

IDENTIFYING USERS

EXTRACTING USER DATA

DOWNLOADING PROFILE IMAGES

EXTRACTING COMMENTS

EXTRACT FOLLOWERS AND FOLLOWING USERS

 

VIDEOS

LOCATING THE UPLOAD TIMESTAMP

DOWNLOADING VIDEOS

HEARTS LIKES & COMMENTS

 

MOBILE APP

EXTENSIVE CAPABILITIES

SEARCHING THE APP

SEARCHING OTHER PLATFORMS

SEARCHING WITH SEARCH ENGINES

USERS, HASHTAGS, CONTENT

 

SNAPCHAT

FLICKR

FLICKR VELOCITY

RESEARCHING FLICKR

EXIF / COPYRIGHT OWNER DETAILS

RESEARCHING FLICKR ACCOUNTS

OTHER VIDEO SHARING PLATFORMS

All Parts of Module 11
CPD Credits: 5 Hours
Duration:

Preparation (PDF): 02:00

Live Online Training: 02:30

Module Assessment: 00:30

CPD Certificate:

18 Blended III Modules III Training (LEAs) 18 Blended OSINT Modules OSINT Training 18 OSINT Modules