The Impact of Social Media on Criminal Investigation

Abstract

This paper primarily discussed about the impact of Social Media on Criminal investigation and its legal implications. This paper gave answer to the question as how social media platforms are affecting Criminal investigations, Criminal justice. This article gave the Conclusion on Whether the Social Media is a tool of crime our platform for justice? Despite the spectacular nature of crime reporting, it is a sensitive topic. Relationship between Social Media and Criminal law are examined in this paper. This paper gave the conclusion on whether the social media is a tools of crime or platform for justice? This paper primarily talks about the crimes related to social media in India. It elaborates the ways to defend the accused against social media criminal charges. This paper further discussed about the admissibility of E-Evidence in Indian courts and the evidentiary value of social media posts. further more, this article evaluates the role of law enforcement in detecting and averting cyber-crime committed through the use of social media

Keywords

Social Media, Criminal Investigation, cyber-crime