This course is designed for online investigators, government agencies, human rights activists, PI’s and law enforcement personnel’s, lawyers, HR for background checks and verifications, investigative journalists Etc. The course teaches several approaches on finding information pages and data about persons, relations, businesses, assets and events for investigative purposes. The student of this course will learn through illustrations and hands-on simulations, how to develop “deep search queries” in complex web search? – Various methods, tools and software’s used in Online Information Forensics will be introduced. A student will learn techniques in verification of legit and authentic profiles, websites and how to separate fake news and fake videos. If you are tracking corporate ownership and corruption, web page activity, or mapping political influence, this guide is for you. https://aofirs.org/product/online-investigative-research-specialist
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This webinar is designed to teach information extraction methods and verification of user’s profiles, social media, sources of multimedia images, videos, fake websites, and news sources. Emphasis is placed on performing Internet searches to find social accounts and excavating social mentions with search queries. Students will be taught strategies, techniques and tools for determining the authenticity of sources. Different methods of finding information by querying within social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube will be explained. https://aofirs.org/webinars/specialized-web-search-web-content-verification
This is a specialized subject proficiency program introduced by the “Association of Internet Research Specialists”. Students use virtual classrooms across countries worldwide. The association education system gives you the opportunity to not only learn from your instructors but allows interactive participation with your fellow students from different parts of the world. All online classes are led by a trained instructor with an extensive academic and professional background of research in various disciplines of “Investigations and Due-diligence” on people and businesses. https://aofirs.org/classes/investigative-research-training-program-evening
This course is designed for online investigators, government agencies, human rights activists, PI’s and law enforcement personnel’s, lawyers, HR for background checks and verifications, investigative journalists Etc. The course teaches several approaches on finding information pages and data about persons, relationships, businesses, assets and events for investigative purposes. This course will teach students how to develop "deep search queries" in complex web search through illustrations and hands-on simulations. – Various methods, tools, and software applications used in online information forensics will be introduced. A student will learn techniques for verifying legitimate and authentic profiles, websites, and how to distinguish between fake news and fake videos. This guide is for you if you are interested in tracking corporate ownership and corruption, web page activity, or mapping political influence. https://aofirs.org/certifications