<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Since a past decade, social media networking has become an essential part of everyone’s life affecting cultural, economic and social life of the people. According to internetlivestats.com, in March 2019 the Internet users reached 4 168 461 500, i.e., 50.08 % penetration of world population. According to Statista, in 2019 there are 2.22 billion social media networking users worldwide, i.e., 31 % of global social media networking penetration and it is expected that in 2021 this number will reach 3.02 billion. These social networking sites are attracting users from all walks of life and keeping these users’ data in the cloud. Today’s big challenge is related to an increase in volume, velocity, variety and veracity of data in social media networking, and this leads to creating several concerns, including privacy and security; on the other hand, it also proves as a tool to prevent and investigate cybercrime, if intelligently and smartly handled. The law enforcement agencies are putting their utmost efforts to prevent cybercrime by monitoring communications activities over the Internet. In this paper, the authors discuss recommendations and techniques for preventing cybercrime.</p></abstract>

Since a past decade, social media networking has become an essential part of everyone’s life affecting cultural, economic and social life of the people. According to internetlivestats.com, in March 2019 the Internet users reached 4 168 461 500, i.e., 50.08 % penetration of world population. According to Statista, in 2019 there are 2.22 billion social media networking users worldwide, i.e., 31 % of global social media networking penetration and it is expected that in 2021 this number will reach 3.02 billion. These social networking sites are attracting users from all walks of life and keeping these users’ data in the cloud. Today’s big challenge is related to an increase in volume, velocity, variety and veracity of data in social media networking, and this leads to creating several concerns, including privacy and security; on the other hand, it also proves as a tool to prevent and investigate cybercrime, if intelligently and smartly handled. The law enforcement agencies are putting their utmost efforts to prevent cybercrime by monitoring communications activities over the Internet. In this paper, the authors discuss recommendations and techniques for preventing cybercrime.

Social Media-Related Cybercrimes and Techniques for Their Prevention

Applied Computer Systems

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Since a past decade, social media networking has become an essential part of everyone’s life affecting cultural, economic and social life of the people....

Social Media-Related Cybercrimes and Techniques for Their Prevention

Published Online: Jun 20, 2019

Page range: 9 - 17

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acss-2019-0002

Keywords
Cybercrime, cybersecurity, social media

© 2019 Tariq Rahim Soomro et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Public License.

Social Media-Related Cybercrimes and Techniques for Their Prevention

Published Online: Jun 20, 2019

Page range: 9 - 17

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acss-2019-0002

KeywordsCybercrime, cybersecurity, social media

© 2019 Tariq Rahim Soomro et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Public License.

Keywords
Cybercrime, cybersecurity, social media