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Leader of Drug Trafficking Ring that Used Social Media to Communicate and Advertise Wares Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

Posted on March 24, 2025 (March 25, 2025) by Stephanie Watson

Defendant Recruited Young People with Images of Money, Exotic Cars, and Expensive Jewelry – Tacoma, Wash. – The leader of a South Puget Sound drug trafficking organization that sent dangerous drugs as far away as Georgia and Ohio was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to ten years in prison for his multi-state drug trafficking scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Joel Adrian Valencia Rosas, 28, of Lakewood, […]

Posted in Social Media ForensicsTagged Facebook, instagram, snapchat, social media forensics, TikTok, twitter

Facebook Launches New Video Series, Hosted by Post Malone, Exclusively on Messenger and Instagram

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Nicole Deneka

Facebook has announced the launch of a new video series, hosted by Post Malone, which it will make exclusively available on Messenger and Instagram via the Watch Together option, which it rolled out back in September. […]

Posted in Social Media ForensicsTagged Facebook, social media, social media forensics

Facebook rebuffs Turkey’s controversial social media law

Posted on October 18, 2020 (October 7, 2020) by Nicole Deneka

Facebook told Turkish civil society members it would not comply with Ankara’s new social media law over concerns it would limit free speech rights, setting the stage for possible fines and access blocks on the platform as other social media companies consider their options. […]

Posted in News from Around the WorldTagged Facebook, free speech, government, international, international news, laws, legislation, social media, twitter

Watch out, TikTok: Facebook launching rival video editing app called Instagram Reels

Posted on July 31, 2020 (July 20, 2020) by Nicole Deneka

The social media giant recently announced plans to release Instagram Reels, a video platform that lets people create interactive short clips set to music. […]

Posted in Social Media ForensicsTagged Facebook, instagram, social media, TikTok

Another TikTok-clone app is on its way, and this time it is by Facebook

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Nicole Deneka

Facebook has recently announced that its ‘New Product Experimentation team’ which focuses on various app features is bringing in a new app, called Collab.

This Collab app is very openly inspired by TikTok, and it is launching as an invite-only beta for iOS users at the moment. […]

Posted in Social Media ForensicsTagged app, Collab, Facebook, social distancing, social media, TikTok

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