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Who is posting anything even tangentially crime related to social media?

by izzydata 2y ago

QuercusMax 2y ago
You're misunderstanding. They're going to accuse people of (basically) thought crimes based on their social media.
golergka 2y ago
You would be surprised. Criminals are not the smartest of people.
- Gualdrapo 2y ago
  Can't tell about how things are going on in Argentina right now, but here in Colombia they found out several weeks ago some people related to "Tren de Aragua" (an international criminal group with origins in Venezuela) had the guts of posting on TikTok or something live streams of their crimes (and for some time they went away with it).
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ryandrake 2y ago
You can find people deliberately posting video of themselves (with their full, unobscured faces) committing crimes. We're not talking about the smartest bunch of people.
IncreasePosts 2y ago
Think less about crimes committed by individuals and more about group crime: eg: Plans and goals for January 6th were available on social media before the event happened. Street takeover("sideshow") plans are commonly available on social media. Looters commonly pass around where they will be looting to other would be looters.
- morkalork 2y ago
  When you say looters, are you talking about those wild videos where 20-50 randos all show up at a store at the same time and clear it out in a whirlwind of chaos?
  - QuercusMax 2y ago
    Those people aren't "looters" or "shoplifters" or "flash mobs". They're organized criminal gangs.
xboxnolifes 2y ago
Outside of just directly talking about crime, there is combining overlapping red flags an individual displays that would paint them as higher risk of committing crime. Some combination of taking part in, and frequency of posting of, various topics present a predictor pattern. The most "obvious" ones are usually called extremist views/behavior; however there exists more subtle views that are fairly innocuous when viewed individually, but together form a higher risk of crime category.
zoklet-enjoyer 2y ago
A lot of people. Some even live stream as they're doing it
pixelesque 2y ago
It can in some cases either directly or indirectly cause it: i.e. the Southport riots in the North of the UK were caused by someone on social media incorrectly attributing (at least so far) the blame of the stabbing of three girls and a teacher to "a Muslim", and then English Defence League supporters staged riots based off this.
teractiveodular 2y ago
You'd be surprised. Here's a 6-second clip that manages to squeeze in grand theft auto, driving while intoxicated and driving without a license, complete with clear footage of the perps' faces. https://x.com/actionforalice/status/1816216433010889167 https://x.com/actionforalice/status/1816216433010889167

Who is posting anything even tangentially crime related to social media?

QuercusMax 2y ago

You're misunderstanding. They're going to accuse people of (basically) thought crimes based on their social media.

golergka 2y ago

You would be surprised. Criminals are not the smartest of people.

Gualdrapo 2y ago
Can't tell about how things are going on in Argentina right now, but here in Colombia they found out several weeks ago some people related to "Tren de Aragua" (an international criminal group with origins in Venezuela) had the guts of posting on TikTok or something live streams of their crimes (and for some time they went away with it).

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ryandrake 2y ago

You can find people deliberately posting video of themselves (with their full, unobscured faces) committing crimes. We're not talking about the smartest bunch of people.

IncreasePosts 2y ago

Think less about crimes committed by individuals and more about group crime: eg: Plans and goals for January 6th were available on social media before the event happened. Street takeover("sideshow") plans are commonly available on social media. Looters commonly pass around where they will be looting to other would be looters.

morkalork 2y ago
When you say looters, are you talking about those wild videos where 20-50 randos all show up at a store at the same time and clear it out in a whirlwind of chaos?
- QuercusMax 2y ago
  Those people aren't "looters" or "shoplifters" or "flash mobs". They're organized criminal gangs.

xboxnolifes 2y ago

Outside of just directly talking about crime, there is combining overlapping red flags an individual displays that would paint them as higher risk of committing crime. Some combination of taking part in, and frequency of posting of, various topics present a predictor pattern. The most "obvious" ones are usually called extremist views/behavior; however there exists more subtle views that are fairly innocuous when viewed individually, but together form a higher risk of crime category.

zoklet-enjoyer 2y ago

A lot of people. Some even live stream as they're doing it

pixelesque 2y ago

It can in some cases either directly or indirectly cause it: i.e. the Southport riots in the North of the UK were caused by someone on social media incorrectly attributing (at least so far) the blame of the stabbing of three girls and a teacher to "a Muslim", and then English Defence League supporters staged riots based off this.

teractiveodular 2y ago

You'd be surprised. Here's a 6-second clip that manages to squeeze in grand theft auto, driving while intoxicated and driving without a license, complete with clear footage of the perps' faces. https://x.com/actionforalice/status/1816216433010889167 https://x.com/actionforalice/status/1816216433010889167