Cyber-aggression, cyberbullying, and cyber-grooming are distinctive and similar
phenomena that represent the objectionable content appearing on online social media …

As an increasing amount of crime takes on a digital aspect, law enforcement bodies must
tackle an online environment generating huge volumes of data. With manual inspections …

Detecting online sexual predatory behaviours and abusive language on social media
platforms has become a critical area of research due to the growing concerns about online …

This contribution presents the evaluation methodology for the identification of potential
“sexual predators” in online conversations as part of PAN 2012. We provide details of the …

Automatic identification of predatory conversations in chat logs helps the law enforcement
agencies act proactively through early detection of predatory acts in cyberspace. In this …

Chat-logs are informative digital footprints available on Social Media Platforms (SMPs). With
the rise of cybercrimes targeting children, chat-logs can be used to discover and flag harmful …

Cyber grooming is a compelling problem worldwide nowadays and many reports strongly
suggested that it becomes very urgent to tackle this problem to protect the children from …

Cyberbullying in Online Social Networks (OSNs) has grown to be a serious problem among
teenagers. While a considerable amount of research has been conducted focusing on …

E-communication represents a major threat to users who are exposed to a number of risks
and potential attacks. Detecting these risks with as much anticipation as possible is crucial …

In this paper we will focus on the detection of sexual predators in online chat conversations.
We use 3 different approaches (message-based, author-based and conversation-based) …