Open this publication in new window or tab >>2024 (English)In: 2024 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (BigData), IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) , 2024, p. 2772-2778Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
The incel subculture has gained increasing attention due to its toxic nature and its association with real-world violence. This paper investigates the prevalence and characteristics of violent threatful communication within incel forums, focusing on a platform known as Blackpill. We have trained a machine learning model to detect violent threatful language and analyzed the posts. The analysis concentrated on three key aspects: the identity of perpetrators (categorized into first-person, third-person, or generalized), the targets (individuals, groups, or general targets), and the types of violence described (general violence, sexual violence, self-harm, and military violence). The analysis showed that the most common type violent threatful communication involved generalized perpetrators targeting groups.
Additionally, 13.5\% of the violent threatful communication contained coded language, including references to video games to obscure violent intentions. A smaller proportion of the posts (4.1\%) glorified past mass shooters and violent criminals.
This research highlights the complexities of identifying violent rhetoric in online forums and the use of coded language to evade detection, emphasizing the need for refined models in threat detection.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), 2024
Series
International Conference on Big Data (BigData), ISSN 2639-1589, E-ISSN 2573-2978
National Category
Computer Sciences
Research subject
Computer and Systems Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-238371 (URN)10.1109/BigData62323.2024.10825043 (DOI)2-s2.0-85218072307 (Scopus ID)979-8-3503-6248-0 (ISBN)
Conference
2024 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (IEEE BigData 2024), 15-18 December 2024, Washington D.D., USA.
2025-01-212025-01-212025-02-25Bibliographically approved