Investigations on the meta-level: What is the Koblenz Facebook police officer doing? The most important things to listen to – RZInside: The background podcast

September 10, 2024, 3:58 p.m.

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Social media like Instagram and Facebook are open to everyone – including the police. However, data protection officers see limits if content is systematically viewed and evaluated. Only Meta itself can do that… Photo: Jens Büttner/picture alliance/dpa

One of his first assignments was a case that caused a stir nationwide: The Koblenz police intelligence officer researches information from freely accessible sources that is intended to support police officers in their operations. This is called OSINT – Open Source Intelligence. Lara Kempf and Finn Holitzka discuss which data the police are actually allowed to obtain from Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat in the RZInside podcast.

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When the Koblenz police are called out to an operation, Stefan Hübinger*’s fingers fly over the keys. The Intel Officer (name changed at his own request) then looks for information that can be of use to the police officers – especially information that warns them of unexpected dangers: Does anyone at the scene have a fighting dog that they brag about on Facebook? Has a suspect ever shared pictures of weapons on Instagram?

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RZ reporter Lara Kempf interviewed the longest-serving Intel officer in the Rhineland-Palatinate police force. In the podcast studio, she discusses the results of her research with Finn Holitzka. Why does the police need a man like that for the Internet? And what do data protection experts say about it? In this episode of our podcast, we provide the answers.

The Intel Officer’s workplace at the control center of the Koblenz police headquarters.

Photo: Lara Kempf

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