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The Social Media Investigator’s Guide
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The Social Media Investigator’s Guide

Investigate, Verify, and Analyze Online Identities
Created byEric Neal
Last updated 3/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn advanced techniques to locate and verify social media profiles, even hidden or deleted ones.
  • Master facial recognition and image analysis to identify individuals across platforms.
  • Discover how to trace digital footprints, uncover online connections, and analyze activity patterns.
  • Gain insider techniques to extract valuable information from social media for investigations.

Course content

4 sections • 13 lectures • 1h 24m total length

  • Intro1:38

    Draw on twenty years of social media investigative experience to build realistic profiles, premade or self-developed, and search across platforms. Use Google dorks and AI-assisted methods for 2025.

  • The Great Acquisition7:04

    Explore the practice of buying social media accounts, including burner and PVA accounts, risks, and considerations for legality, contracts, and platform compliance.

  • Facial Manipulation5:49

    Learn to alter your photo for social media with ai filters on Fotor, including be old or be young effects, facial recognition avoidance, and metadata considerations.

Requirements

  • A working knowledge of computers and social media
  • English speaking

Description

Course Overview:

In today’s digital world, social media is a goldmine for investigators, online sleuths, and anyone needing to track down hidden information. This course teaches you little-known techniques for uncovering identities, locating individuals, and gathering intelligence through social media platforms. You’ll learn how to go beyond basic searches and use powerful investigative tools to extract valuable data. Whether you’re verifying profiles, identifying connections, or recovering deleted content, this course provides the essential skills needed for effective social media investigations.

What You'll Learn:

How to trace and verify social media accounts
Advanced search techniques beyond basic queries
Facial recognition strategies to identify individuals
Methods to uncover hidden or deleted posts
Strategies for investigating digital footprints and connections
Ethical and legal considerations for social media investigations

Who This Course is For:

Private investigators, journalists, and researchers
Individuals facing online harassment or cyberstalking
True crime and OSINT (Open-Source Intelligence) enthusiasts
Anyone curious about uncovering online identities
Parents who want to protect their children against potential predators

Taught by Eric Neal, a seasoned recovery-based investigator with 20+ years of experience, this course teaches basic to intermediate social media investigation skills. With real-world examples and step-by-step techniques, you'll gain the confidence to navigate social media investigations like a pro.

Enroll now and take your investigative skills to the next level!

Who this course is for:

  • Investigators
  • Journalists
  • Skip Tracers
  • Law Enforcement
  • Parents

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