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and I am Matthew Galt and I'm Jason Fields.

Instagram is a world of influencers, models, bizarre ads, and aspirational living.

It's a place where artists share their work and people go to see and be seen.

It's also the epicenter of gang violence in America and increasingly an important resource

for law enforcement looking to solve murders and disrupt street violence.

Read the charging documents or warrants of a gang violence related case and you'll be confronted by a wealth of Instagram posts.

Why? With us today is Danny Gold. Gold, a returning guest, is a writer and producer who focuses on crime and conflict. He's also a elected podcaster who co-hosts the excellent Underworld podcast. Danny, thank you so much for joining us. Thank you guys for

having me. Really appreciate it. All right, so in your work covering gang violence, how much do you use social media to help you figure out what's going on?

So, you know, I don't look at Instagram, YouTube, and all that as the best way to get the background of a situation

right and to come to a total understanding.

But you can see conflict between gangs, stuff like that, play out on there.

You know, it's going to be maybe in coded language

you don't understand.

You might not know why these things are kicking off.

I don't think it necessarily starts there,

but it definitely facilitates it.

And just people are way way too poor with with their

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