Detecting and identifying the reasons for deleted tweets before they are posted

<p dir="ltr">Social media platforms empower us in several ways, from information dissemination to consumption. While these platforms are useful in promoting citizen journalism, public awareness, etc., they have misuse potential. Malicious users use them to disseminate hate speech, of...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Hamdy Mubarak (19365502) (author)
مؤلفون آخرون: Samir Abdaljalil (11513178) (author), Azza Nassar (19365505) (author), Firoj Alam (14158866) (author)
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Artificial intelligence
Human-centred computing
disinformation
deleted tweets
hate-speech
Arabic
social media
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description <p dir="ltr">Social media platforms empower us in several ways, from information dissemination to consumption. While these platforms are useful in promoting citizen journalism, public awareness, etc., they have misuse potential. Malicious users use them to disseminate hate speech, offensive content, rumor, etc. to promote social and political agendas or to harm individuals, entities, and organizations. Oftentimes, general users unconsciously share information without verifying it or unintentionally post harmful messages. Some of such content often gets deleted either by the platform due to the violation of terms and policies or by users themselves for different reasons, e.g., regret. There is a wide range of studies in characterizing, understanding, and predicting deleted content. However, studies that aim to identify the fine-grained reasons (e.g., posts are offensive, hate speech, or no identifiable reason) behind deleted content are limited. In this study, we address an existing gap by identifying and categorizing deleted tweets, especially within the Arabic context. We label them based on fine-grained disinformation categories. We have curated a dataset of 40K tweets, annotated with both coarse and fine-grained labels. Following this, we designed models to predict the likelihood of tweets being deleted and to identify the potential reasons for their deletion. Our experiments, conducted using a variety of classic and transformer models, indicate that performance surpasses the majority baseline (e.g., 25% absolute improvement for fine-grained labels). We believe that such models can assist in moderating social media posts even before they are published.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frai.2023.1219767" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frai.2023.1219767</a></p>
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spelling Detecting and identifying the reasons for deleted tweets before they are postedHamdy Mubarak (19365502)Samir Abdaljalil (11513178)Azza Nassar (19365505)Firoj Alam (14158866)Information and computing sciencesArtificial intelligenceHuman-centred computingdisinformationdeleted tweetshate-speechArabicsocial media<p dir="ltr">Social media platforms empower us in several ways, from information dissemination to consumption. While these platforms are useful in promoting citizen journalism, public awareness, etc., they have misuse potential. Malicious users use them to disseminate hate speech, offensive content, rumor, etc. to promote social and political agendas or to harm individuals, entities, and organizations. Oftentimes, general users unconsciously share information without verifying it or unintentionally post harmful messages. Some of such content often gets deleted either by the platform due to the violation of terms and policies or by users themselves for different reasons, e.g., regret. There is a wide range of studies in characterizing, understanding, and predicting deleted content. However, studies that aim to identify the fine-grained reasons (e.g., posts are offensive, hate speech, or no identifiable reason) behind deleted content are limited. In this study, we address an existing gap by identifying and categorizing deleted tweets, especially within the Arabic context. We label them based on fine-grained disinformation categories. We have curated a dataset of 40K tweets, annotated with both coarse and fine-grained labels. Following this, we designed models to predict the likelihood of tweets being deleted and to identify the potential reasons for their deletion. Our experiments, conducted using a variety of classic and transformer models, indicate that performance surpasses the majority baseline (e.g., 25% absolute improvement for fine-grained labels). We believe that such models can assist in moderating social media posts even before they are published.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frai.2023.1219767" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frai.2023.1219767</a></p>2023-09-29T09:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.3389/frai.2023.1219767https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Detecting_and_identifying_the_reasons_for_deleted_tweets_before_they_are_posted/26535508CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/265355082023-09-29T09:00:00Z
spellingShingle Detecting and identifying the reasons for deleted tweets before they are posted
Hamdy Mubarak (19365502)
Information and computing sciences
Artificial intelligence
Human-centred computing
disinformation
deleted tweets
hate-speech
Arabic
social media
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title Detecting and identifying the reasons for deleted tweets before they are posted
title_full Detecting and identifying the reasons for deleted tweets before they are posted
title_fullStr Detecting and identifying the reasons for deleted tweets before they are posted
title_full_unstemmed Detecting and identifying the reasons for deleted tweets before they are posted
title_short Detecting and identifying the reasons for deleted tweets before they are posted
title_sort Detecting and identifying the reasons for deleted tweets before they are posted
topic Information and computing sciences
Artificial intelligence
Human-centred computing
disinformation
deleted tweets
hate-speech
Arabic
social media