Background

Social media has become a powerful platform for communication, activism, and influence. However, it is also frequently exploited for spreading misinformation, radicalization, hoax threats, cyberbullying, and coordinated campaigns that can lead to real-world consequences. Law enforcement agencies and analysts often struggle to track and act upon real-time information scattered across multiple platforms and languages.

Problem Statement

There is a growing need for a robust social media monitoring system that can automatically scan public content across platforms like X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, and YouTube, and help identify potential threats, viral misinformation, fake news, or emerging social trends that may need intervention.

Key Objectives

Build a Social Media Monitoring Tool that can:

1.Collect real-time or near real-time public posts/comments from multiple platforms using APIs or scraping.

2. Identify and highlight posts containing keywords related to threats, hoaxes, hate speech, or illegal activities.

3. Provide analytics such as:

- Top trending keywords and hashtags

- Geo-tagging of posts where available

- Sentiment analysis

- Network mapping of influencer/viral spread

- Keyword search through open and closed / private profiles

4. Allow filtering by language, location, keyword, and sentiment.

5. Display the results on a user-friendly dashboard with visualization tools.

6. Generate real-time alerts and incident summary reports.

Functional Requirements

- A functional prototype with a working UI dashboard.

- Real or sample dataset demonstration of threat detection.

- Documentation outlining platform coverage, detection methods, and risk scoring models.

- Optional: Integration with multilingual NLP models for better analysis.

 

Evaluation Criteria

- Accuracy of content classification and alerts

- Ability to handle large data volume in real-time

- Quality of visualizations and insights

- Ease of use for analysts or investigators

- Innovation in detection techniques or risk scoring

Deliverables

The tool can empower authorities, researchers, and crisis response teams to identify potential threats and prevent real-world incidents by monitoring harmful or trending content in real-time. It will also assist in debunking misinformation and understanding public sentiment during emergencies or events.