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Social Media Filtering & Verification 2019 / The Day After

by Henk van Ess

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Date and Time

Wed, December 4, 2019

10:30 AM – 5:30 PM CET

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Location

Park Plaza Amsterdam Airport

1 Melbournestraat

1175 RM Lijnden

Netherlands

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Refund Policy

No Refunds

Event description

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Organizations who do public interest work, are hit hard by the big changes in open source intelligence tools, especially LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. Open source intelligence (OSINT) lost some of their best tools, see the interviews I gave to NBC, Buzzfeed, ABC News and VICE. This workshop shows you what is still possible with some creative thinking and adapting tools that now fail on you.

Program

Facebook

1. What is still possible? What not? We'll look at the deleted tools and how to get some of the functionalities back
2. What other workarounds are there
3. How to strategically rephrase your research question into the rigid logic of "Facebook 2019"

CASES

How to use FB 2019 to find a weapon dealer
How to find supporters of a radical party in a small town

LinkedIn
Case about breaking news. How to filter LinkedIn with special hacks.

Twitter
1. What most eyewitnesses say. It's not something with a hashtag
2. How to get an idea of who is behind a completely deleted Twitter profile
3. Sophisticated filtering: find only primary sources

Instagram
How to use social media to find a fugitive in a murder case

Telegram
How to access backlogs of groups

The course is very practical and hands-on. We'll work with some amazing, real cases that seem impossible to solve at first. So what will you learn? Filtering of social media & how to verify social media. How to strategically rephrase your research question into the rigid logic of Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. And how to verify stuff.

This workshop/Bootcamp helps you to survive "The Day After" and helps you to maximize your research results in filtering social media. The workshop in Amsterdam is open for news media, police, law enforcement, NGOs, human rights watchers - so everyone who is working in the interest of the general public.

The workshop location is in a hotel near the airport Schiphol. You can fly in and get a free shuttle bus to the workshop location. If you want to stay overnight (1,2 or 3 nights), we offer a great rebate on the hotel, just click on Tickets for an overview.

Is there something as a free lunch?

Yes. Course includes three-course buffet lunch in Restaurant Romeo during noon break
And there is a simple breakfast in the morning (croissants, coffee, tea, orange juice)

Are there any requirements to enter the event?

Yes, your work must be in the public interest.

Do I really need something to bring with me?

Yes, you need a fully charged computer, your charger. Don't use a tablet

Can you arrange a hotel near the workshop area?

Yes, we've got you 10% off the normal hotel price. You can choose 1,2 or 3 days - no need to leave Amsterdam when you're done with the workshop :)

Refund policy?

Sales are final. You can give your ticket to a colleague if you can’t go or for a fee of 50 euro rebook another event date