A Hybrid Spam Detection Framework for Social Networks

Authors : Oğuzhan ÇITLAK, Murat DÖRTERLER, İbrahim DOGRU

Pages : 823-837

Doi:10.2339/politeknik.933785

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Publication Date : 2023-07-05

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The widespread use of social networks has caused these platforms to become the target of malicious people. Although social networks have their own spam detection systems, these systems sometimes may not prevent spams in their social networks. Spam contents and messages threaten the security and performance of users of these networks. A spam account detection framework based on three components is proposed in this study. Short link analysis, machine learning and text analysis are the components used together in the proposed framework. First, a dataset was created for this purpose and the attributes of spam accounts were determined. Later, the hyperlinks in the messages in this dataset were analyzed through link analysis component. The machine learning component was modelled through attributes. Moreover, the messages of the social network users were analyzed through text analysis method. A web-based application of the proposed model was put into practice. As a result of the experimental studies carried out thanks to the framework, it was determined that the proposed framework showed a performance of 95.69 %. The success of this article was calculated according to the F-measure and precision evaluation metrics under the influence of sensitive content rate. It is aimed to detect spam accounts on social network and the spam detection policy of these networks is intended to support.
Keywords : Sosyal ağlar, Kısa bağlantı analizi, Makine öğrenimi, Metin analizi, Spam tespiti

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