Challenges in monitoring social media india
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Use of social networking sites by Indian internet users, especially younger generations, has grown exponentially in recent years. This has thrown several challenges to the Indian law enforcement agencies. They need to understand its implications in prediction, prevention, detection and investigation on crimes and maintenance of law and order. By properly integrating social medial strategies in its police work, Indian law enforcement agencies can leverage upon the opportunities offered by social media apart from tackling the challenges it poses. Monitoring of social media content has become necessary in the backdrop of its misuse in certain recent incidents in India. Police departments in several countries have already adopted a comprehensive and integrated approach to use social media for their advantage and Indian Police can ill afford to ignore this powerful media. The paper presents SWOT analysis of the issue and recommendations for Indian law enforcement agencies.