Platforms and Content Covered

The service reviews publicly available content across leading regional and international platforms, evaluating both declared and discovered public profiles, including text, images and video where available. Platforms covered include, but are not limited to:

• LinkedIn
• X (formerly Twitter)
• Facebook
• Instagram
• YouTube
• TikTok
• Threads
• Flickr
• Myspace
• MyFitnessPal
• Strava
• Google ID
• Reddit
• VK (Russia)
• Bluesky and Truth Social (USA)

What the Search Reviews

The screening assesses publicly available content that may indicate potential organisational or reputational risk, including:

• Extremist views or opinions
• Hate speech and discriminatory behaviour
• Inappropriate or undesirable content
• Illegal activities
• Violent content
• Sexually explicit material
• Addiction or substance abuse indicators
• Charitable work and volunteering activity, where relevant to provide balanced context

Assessments follow a consistent, auditable methodology that combines Natural Language Processing (NLP) and AI with expert human review, aligned to GDPR and FCRA processes, with a zero-false-positives approach through structured validation.

What You’ll Receive

Where no relevant behavioural or reputational concerns are identified, the report confirms that no significant risk indicators were found. Where relevant findings are identified, the report will include:

• A risk summary
• Behavioural risk indicators
• Links to relevant publicly available social media profiles
• Categorised findings with supporting evidence
• Contextual information to assist with risk assessment
• Reports are designed to provide factual, objective information that supports fair and consistent decision-making. The service searches for content in all relevant languages, with the final report provided in English. Standard turnaround is three to five business days.

To initiate a search, we typically require the subject’s full name, email addresses and any additional identifying information to assist accurate profile matching.

Why Organisations Use Extended Social Media Screening

For senior, regulated and brand-sensitive roles, a deeper view of an individual’s digital footprint provides assurance that standard checks cannot.

• Deeper global coverage – major and regional platforms reviewed for a broad assessment of online presence.
• Behavioural risk insight – structured intelligence on behaviours and reputational risks beyond conventional screening.
• Consistent, auditable methodology – fair, objective and unbiased assessments with a zero-false-positives approach.
• Privacy-compliant – public data only, with GDPR-aligned processes.
• Balanced context – positive indicators such as volunteering are included where relevant to support fair assessment.

Extended Social Media Search at Scale

Organisations managing large recruitment or onboarding programmes often need to screen high volumes of individuals consistently. CBS provides workflows designed to support high-volume screening environments, allowing organisations to:

Manage social media searches centrally

• Track progress in real time
• Maintain structured, audit-ready records
• Integrate results within wider screening programmes

This ensures screening is completed efficiently while maintaining visibility across your compliance processes.

Where Extended Social Media Search Is Used

Extended Social Media Search is particularly valuable for:

Customer-facing positions
Leadership and executive roles
Positions of trust or responsibility
Regulated industries
Brand-sensitive environments
Ongoing employee monitoring (where legally permissible)
Reputation risk management

For standard hiring roles where core-platform visibility is sufficient, our Core Social Media Search offers a focused, cost-effective alternative.

Compare Core and Extended Social Media Search

Not every role carries the same level of risk. Core covers the platforms that matter most for everyday hiring; Extended includes everything in Core, plus broader global coverage and additional risk categories for higher-risk roles – so you can scale your due diligence to the role.

	Core Social Media Search	Extended Social Media Search
	Core platforms for everyday hiring	Global reach for enhanced due diligence
Best for	Standard, high-volume roles	Senior, regulated & brand-sensitive roles
Platforms
Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X	✓	✓
YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, Strava, VK & more	x	✓
Image content review	✓	✓
Video content review	x	✓
Risk coverage
Standard risk categories	✓	✓
Extended categories (extremism, addiction indicators)	x	✓
Balanced context (e.g. volunteering)	x	✓
Analysis & compliance
Expert human review	✓	✓
AI analysis	✓	✓
NLP-enhanced analysis	x	✓
GDPR-aligned, public data only	✓	✓
Turnaround	3–5 days	3–5 days

Built for Secure, Compliant Screening

CBS combines sector expertise with secure screening technology to deliver social media screening that meets the needs of regulated organisations.

Our platform provides:

• Secure screening workflows
• Real-time screening visibility
• Structured audit trails
• Automated candidate notifications
• Secure document handling
• Integration-ready screening infrastructure

For IT and compliance teams, our systems operate within secure hosting environments aligned to ISO 27001 standards and GDPR-compliant data handling requirements. For HR and recruitment teams, screening becomes faster, simpler and easier to manage.