Social media is a breeding ground for promoting and sharing extreme beliefs and ideologies. Because of this, legal teams can identify extremists through OSINT platforms like social media.
Extremists on Social Media
Extremists have been known to utilize Facebook for radicalization. However, they also use Instagram, Twitter/X, TikTok and messaging apps to promote their extremist agendas. Although each platform has restrictions and policies, it’s easy to bipass. And many extremist users and groups maintain their anonymity by using alias names and accounts to spread their message online.
Extremeists use social media and open-source applications to
- Unite and recruit like-minded users
- Share messages that spread hateful narratives or propaganda
- Organize communications with members
- Promote beliefs and opinions
These extremists can be part of hate groups, radical political groups, or religious extremists, to name a few.
Extremists on Social Media Continue to Grow
Social media offers a free platform for extemists to network, communicate, and spread their beliefs and ideas. Sometimes they use private messages, posts comments, or friend requests to recruit and grow their support.
The widespread us of social media has made it possible for almost anyone to view protests, propaganda, political and historical events from anywhere.
Identifying Extremists through OSINT is Possible
SMI Aware can identify extremism on social media platforms through open source intelligence collection and analysis. Our expert analysts guide a deep search of social platforms and public channels to find relevant information with extreme veiws. They even capture the hard-to-find profiles like aliaes and fake accounts commonly used with extremist groups. Keyword searching helps us narrow the focus of the information we find, too, bringing only the most critical data to the forefront.
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Organizations trust SMI Aware because of our commitment to high-quality, comprehensive work that meets ethical and legal standards. When it comes to identifying relevant information about extremists online, you need a partner you can trust.
Contact SMI Aware to learn more about the ways our team can support you with critical data from open sources like social media.
