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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2022

A Multi-Layer Semantic Approach for Digital Forensics Automation for Online Social Networks.

Humaira Arshad, Saima Abdullah, Moatsum Alawida, Abdulatif Alabdulatif, Oludare Isaac Abiodun, Omer Riaz

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Humaira ArshadDepartment of Computer Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-3615-6202
Saima AbdullahDepartment of Computer Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-1494-1381
Moatsum AlawidaDepartment of Computer Sciences, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi 59911, United Arab Emirates.
Abdulatif AlabdulatifDepartment of Computer Science, College of Computer, Qassim University, Buraydah 51452, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-0646-5872
Oludare Isaac AbiodunDepartment of Computer Science, University of Abuja, Gwagwalada 900110, Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0003-0138-6446
Omer RiazDepartment of Information Technology, Faculty of Computing, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0001-8290-1344

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Abstract

Currently, law enforcement and legal consultants are heavily utilizing social media platforms to easily access data associated with the preparators of illegitimate events. However, accessing this publicly available information for legal use is technically challenging and legally intricate due to heterogeneous and unstructured data and privacy laws, thus generating massive workloads of cognitively demanding cases for investigators. Therefore, it is critical to develop solutions and tools that can assist investigators in their work and decision making. Automating digital forensics is not exclusively a technical problem; the technical issues are always coupled with privacy and legal matters. Here, we introduce a multi-layer automation approach that addresses the automation issues from collection to evidence analysis in online social network forensics. Finally, we propose a set of analysis operators based on domain correlations. These operators can be embedded in software tools to help the investigators draw realistic conclusions. These operators are implemented using Twitter ontology and tested through a case study. This study describes a proof-of-concept approach for forensic automation on online social networks.

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SemanticsSocial MediaAutomationHumansPrivacySocial Networkingautomation toolsevidence analysisexperimental visualizationforensic applicationsforensic automationsemantic data presentationsocial network forensics

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PMID35161859
PMCPMC8839830

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