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January Social Media Check Results

January social media flags

Social Media Screening: January Report

Insights from January…

  • 13.9% of cases checked in January returned a red flag indicating high-risk behaviour.
  • Whilst the ratio of green to red flags remained consistent, we’ll see later that what was uncovered changed dramatically.
  • In a continuing trend as more and more organisations incorporate social media into their screening, we conducted 33% more checks than in December.

January Findings

  • The proportion of hateful and discriminatory content dropped sharply
  • Whilst undesirable or inappropriate continues to make up the majority of flags, we’ve seen a huge increase in violent content being found. Here’s November’s results for comparison:

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