Social Media Courses

NorthSec

Social Bots - Malicious Use of Social Media

A mixed-methods investigation of social bots, disinformation, and political interference on Twitter during Canada’s 2019 federal election.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

OWASP Foundation

Social Media Botnet Detection with Linkage Analysis and Machine Learning

Explore how linkage analysis and machine learning can detect spam botnets across social media.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Adobe

Retouching Photos and GIFs for Social Media - Part 1

Retouch product photos in Lightroom and Photoshop, then animate a cohesive design for social media while exploring freelance creative work.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Adobe

Creating Loopable Social Media Content in Premiere Pro - Part 1

Learn James Bonanno’s workflow for planning and editing seamless loopable social videos in Premiere Pro, including trims, transitions, audio, and timeline shortcuts.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Adobe

Illustrator Daily Creative Challenge: Typography-Based Social Media Post Design

Create a typography-based social media post in Illustrator using Adobe Fonts, text hierarchy, type editing, alignment, and custom type.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Adobe

Create a Scroll-Stopping Video for Social Media Using Adobe Rush - Like A Pro

Learn to turn photos and video clips into polished, scroll-stopping social media videos with transitions, graphics, speed changes, color edits, and Adobe Rush.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Black Hat

Behind the Scenes - The Industry of Social Media Manipulation Driven by Malware

An investigation into the malware, proxy services, reseller panels, and buyers behind the industrialized sale of fake social media engagement.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

media.ccc.de

Überwachung, Social Media und Repression am Beispiel von Belarus

How Belarus’s Lukashenko regime used surveillance technologies to repress political movements.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

USENIX Enigma Conference

A New Process to Tackle Misinformation on Social Media - Prevalence-Based Gradation

Explore prevalence-based gradation, a process-level intervention for calibrating social media content moderation and corrective action against misinformation.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

RSA Conference

Perilous Posts - The Risks of Biometric Patterns Exposed in Social Media

Social media posts can expose biometric patterns at scale, enabling authentication bypass, digital identity theft, reputational attacks, and deepfakes.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

DefCamp

Secrets of Social Media PsyOps

A conference presentation on the hidden mechanics of psychological operations carried out through social media.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

EGATOR

Responsive Social Media Website With Theme Customization Using HTML CSS & JavaScript

Build a responsive social media website with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, including customizable themes, menus, messaging, and modal interactions.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Full Stack React & Firebase Tutorial - Build a social media app

Build a social media app end to end with an Express/Firebase backend and React frontend, including authentication, profiles, posts, comments, notifications, and deployment.

• freeCodeCamp
• 12 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Switching Dark-Light Mode with JS and CSS Custom Properties - FEM Social Media Dashboard, Part 5

Build a dark/light theme toggle with JavaScript and CSS custom properties, honoring system preferences and saving the user's choice.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Building an Accessible Dark-Light Toggle from a Figma Design - FEM Social Media Dashboard, Part 3

Build a dark/light theme toggle from a Figma design using accessible HTML markup and styling for a responsive social media dashboard.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 54 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video