Core Social Media Search

What the Search Reviews

The service analyses publicly available content from identified social media profiles and flags material relating to risk categories such as:

• Discriminatory or hateful content
• Threats, violence or aggressive behaviour
• Controlled substance-related content
• Illegal or illicit activity
• Sexually explicit material
• Negative content relating to employers or colleagues

Reviews are limited to publicly available information and conducted in accordance with applicable privacy and data protection requirements. To help reduce false positives and ensure fairness, findings undergo multiple layers of review; content is assessed in context, and only verified information meeting established reporting criteria is included in the final report.

What You’ll Receive

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

• A summary of findings
• Supporting evidence
• Screenshots, where applicable
• Links to relevant publicly available social media profiles
• Contextual information to support fair and consistent decision-making

Reports are designed to provide factual, objective information that supports informed hiring decisions. Searches can identify profiles and analyse content across multiple countries and languages. Standard turnaround is three to five business days.

Why Organisations Use Social Media Screening

A candidate’s social media activity can reflect on workplace culture, employee safety, brand reputation and organisational values.

• Enhanced risk identification – detect publicly available content that may indicate workplace, reputational or compliance risk.
• AI analysis with human verification – technology reviews large volumes of content while experienced reviewers validate findings.
• Privacy and compliance focused – reviews are limited to publicly available information and conducted in line with data protection requirements.
• Fair, responsible screening – multiple layers of review and context-based assessment reduce false positives.

Social Media Screening 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
• Automate candidate and stakeholder notifications
• Integrate results within wider screening programmes

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

Where Social Media Screening Is Used

• Core Social Media Search is particularly valuable for organisations recruiting into:
• Customer-facing positions
• Leadership and executive roles
• Positions of trust or responsibility
• Regulated industries
• Brand-sensitive environments

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, and 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.

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, certified to ISO 27001 (information security) and ISO 22301 (business continuity), with Cyber Essentials Plus certification and GDPR-compliant data handling. For HR and recruitment teams, screening becomes faster, simpler and easier to manage.