On Wednesday, September 20, the Police Institute, Rutgers Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence (IC CAE), and the Brennan Center for Justice co-hosted the 2017 Rutgers IC CAE Colloquium titled “The Impact of Social Media on Crime, Terrorism, and National Security Activities.”

The event consisted of a panel discussion moderated by ABC News’ Amna Nawaz, and allowed experts from law enforcement, national security, and privacy/civil liberty to share their perspectives.  The panel covered the following topics: 

1.           How social media has changed the way criminals, terrorist groups and foreign intelligence agencies operate

2.           Challenges law enforcement and counter-terrorism agencies face to combat such groups

3.           Concerns of privacy/civil liberties in regards to the government trying to monitor social media platforms

You can watch a video of the full discussion here: http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/law-enforcement-experts-impact-social-media-crime-terrorism-49980320