Abstract: A method for determining a profile of an entity of interest, comprising interrogating a social media platform to determine a social media account corresponding to the entity of interest and generating a linked social network data structure linking the social media account corresponding to the entity of interest to one or more other social media accounts on the social media platform corresponding to other entities. The method further involves assigning an individual link measure to one or more of the individual links of the linked network data structure, the individual link measure based on an assessment of the one or more social media interactions upon which the individual link is based on and a profile of the entity of interest based on an aggregated measure based on the linked social network data structure comprising the individual link measures.

Abstract: A method for determining a risk profile of an entity of interest, comprising interrogating a social media platform to determine a social media account corresponding to the entity of interest and generating a linked social network data structure linking the social media account corresponding to the entity of interest to one or more other social media accounts on the social media platform corresponding to other entities, where an individual link is based on one or more social media interactions between the social media account corresponding to the entity of interest and each of the one or more other social media accounts corresponding to other entities.