1. A system for monitoring social events using signals extracted from a social media platform, the system comprising: one or more processors and a non-transitory memory having instructions encoded thereon such that when the instructions are executed, the one or more processors perform operations of: filtering a time series of social network data obtained from a social media platform based on a correlation between the time series and a set of around truth data to remove noise from the time series; extracting enhanced filtered signals (EFS) from the filtered time series of social network data based on an amplification of a signal obtained via a summation of signals relevant to a social activity event in the filtered time series of social network data; monitoring a level of human social activity related to the social activity event in the social network data; detecting an increase in a number of social activity events in the social network data compared to the set of around truth data; and generating an alert regarding the increase in the number of social activity events, wherein the alert is provided electronically via an electronic system.