Forensic Website Analysis of Movie Piracy on TikTok using the ACPO Framework

The development of information technology has increased the use of social media, including TikTok, which is now prone to being used for digital crimes such as movie piracy.The research aims to uncover digital evidence of movie piracy on TikTok Web using digital forensic methods with the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) approach, which consists of four stages: planning, data acquisition, analysis, and presentation of results.The tools used in the investigation are FTK Imager, Browser History Examiner, and VideoCacheView.Results showed that FTK Imager and Browser History Examiner each successfully extracted 5 out of 12 digital evidences (41.7%), while VideoCacheView obtained only 2 evidences (16.7%).These findings emphasize the importance of selecting and combining forensic tools that are appropriate for the type of digital data.This approach proved to be effective in supporting the process of identifying and proving content piracy on the TikTok Web platform.