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Operator: EJ2 Communications, Inc. (Flashpoint), United States
A Flashpoint platform for location-based social media research and ongoing monitoring of places and topics.
Platforms & SuitesIntegrated platform
Flashpoint may store inputs to its AI features, use them for model training and share them with integrated service providers. The terms of use explicitly state this processing.
Product
Availability and source date
As of: 17 October 2026.
No functionality test has been performed.
Use in OSINT research
Find posts about a place or event and monitor how it develops. Integrated AI can create search plans and analyses.
Queries
| Input | Result | Result type |
|---|---|---|
| Place name | Posts and discussions about the location, current or historical | Retrieved |
| Keyword / free text | Posts from social media, forums and chat services; filters by location and period | Retrieved |
| Keyword / free text | An AI-generated search plan, results ranked by relevance and summaries | Derived |
Features
- Location-based and historical searches across social media, forums and chat services.
- Search with natural language or Boolean search expressions.
- Continuously monitor locations and search terms, and customise notifications.
- AI summaries, sentiment analysis and information about post authors.
- Translate search queries into more than 100 languages.
Categories
- Platforms & Suites
Coverage
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Interfaces
No API, MCP or AI integration is documented.
Limitations
- The individual sources covered and historical periods are not specified separately on the product page.
- Export formats are not specified in the reviewed public documentation.
Guides and practical reports
Official · Natural-language search and result refinement
Flashpoint · 08/2026 · EN
Shows the steps from a question through a search plan requiring approval to follow-up questions.