# SOCMINT **Entity class:** Intelligence discipline **Aliases:** Social Media Intelligence **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **Social Media Intelligence (SOCMINT)** is the collection, verification, analysis, and contextual interpretation of information from social platforms. Counterterrorism uses it for narrative, actor, network, event, and mobilization analysis. Public posts, private data obtained under legal process, platform-provided records, and covert access are different collection categories and must not be conflated. ## Relationships - **subset or specialization of:** [[wiki/OSINT|OSINT]] when based on openly available material. - **supports:** [[wiki/Counterterrorism Intelligence|Counterterrorism Intelligence]], [[wiki/Social Network Analysis|Social Network Analysis]], and [[wiki/Memetic Contagion and Violent Extremism|Memetic Contagion and Violent Extremism]]. - **risk:** [[wiki/Algorithmic Amplification|Algorithmic Amplification]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [[research/A Network-Epidemiological Analysis of Radicalization and Real-Time Counterterrorism Observability|Network-Epidemiological Analysis]]