Retraction notice to “Leveraging metadata in social media forensic investigations: Unravelling digital clues- A survey study” [Forensic Sci. Int.: Digit. Invest. 50 (2024) 301798]

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/article-withdrawal).

This article has been retracted following an allegation that raises concerns this article may have been generated by Generative AI.

The author of the article has been given opportunity to present evidence that he was the original and genuine creator of the work, however at the time of publication of this notice, the journal has not received any response. The Editors-in-Chief, with support from Elsevier's Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics team, have analysed the article and agree there are enough indicators to cause serious doubts over the authenticity and originality of the work and agree this article should be retracted.