Current OSINT Trends In Social Media

On-Demand Training with Kirby Plessas
💻 Format: Self-paced recordings (originally delivered live)
🎓 Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced OSINT Professionals

Stay Ahead of the Curve in Social Media OSINT

The social media landscape is changing fast—and today’s investigators need sharper tools, updated techniques, and stronger ethical strategies to keep up.

Now available on demand, this advanced OSINT training with Kirby Plessas takes you inside the most current platforms, tools, and investigative practices shaping the future of digital research.

Whether you’re tracking threat actors, researching trends, detecting disinformation, or verifying visual content, this course will give you the skills and context to investigate effectively in today’s evolving online environment.

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✅ What You’ll Learn
• Identify and follow digital identities across new and shifting platforms like Threads, Mastodon, and Discord
• Understand tool evolution, browser-based scraping, and automation options in a post-API landscape
• Detect bot activity, influence campaigns, and AI-generated content
• Conduct visual investigations using reverse image search, chronolocation, and geospatial cues
• Navigate encrypted or semi-closed platforms like Telegram and WhatsApp while maintaining legal and ethical standards
• Prepare for privacy-first policies and responsible data practices in open source investigations

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🎓 What’s Included
• 12+ hours of expert instruction with Kirby Plessas (recorded live)
• Downloadable OSINT Reference Handout (customized for this course)
• Full on-demand access to course recordings via Plessas Academy
• Certificate of Completion
• Real-world examples, case studies, and tools you can use immediately

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💬 Who Should Enroll
This training is ideal for:
• Government, corporate, or nonprofit investigators
• OSINT professionals and analysts
• Journalists, researchers, and digital safety practitioners
• Cybercrime or threat intelligence specialists
• Anyone who needs to stay ahead of disinformation, bot activity, and platform changes