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dc.date.accessioned 2014-06-03T11:31:38Z und
dc.date.accessioned 2017-10-24T12:23:49Z
dc.date.available 2014-06-03T11:31:38Z und
dc.date.available 2017-10-24T12:23:49Z
dc.date.issued 2014-06-03T11:31:38Z
dc.identifier.uri http://radr.hulib.helsinki.fi/handle/10138.1/3758 und
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10138.1/3758
dc.title How to Steer Users Away from Unsafe Content en
ethesis.department.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/225405e8-3362-4197-a7fd-6e7b79e52d14
ethesis.department Institutionen för datavetenskap sv
ethesis.department Department of Computer Science en
ethesis.department Tietojenkäsittelytieteen laitos fi
ethesis.faculty Matematisk-naturvetenskapliga fakulteten sv
ethesis.faculty Matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta fi
ethesis.faculty Faculty of Science en
ethesis.faculty.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/8d59209f-6614-4edd-9744-1ebdaf1d13ca
ethesis.university.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/50ae46d8-7ba9-4821-877c-c994c78b0d97
ethesis.university Helsingfors universitet sv
ethesis.university University of Helsinki en
ethesis.university Helsingin yliopisto fi
dct.creator Liu, Jian
dct.issued 2014
dct.language.ISO639-2 eng
dct.abstract Online social networks have brought along much convenience to our daily lives. On the other hand, they also provide platforms for the rapid propagation of unsafe content. Providing easy-to-use ways for ordinary users to avoid unsafe content online is an open issue. In this thesis, we mainly study two schemes that are based on social navigation to identify unsafe content. The first one is crowdsourcing, which has two main drawbacks: (a) a time lag before unsafe content is flagged as such, and (b) the difficulty of dealing with subjective perceptions of 'inappropriateness''. We propose a machine learning approach to address the time lag problem and get a promising result. This approach could be used to complement crowdsourcing. We also study the notion of 'groupsourcing'': taking advantage of information from people in a user's social circles about potentially unsafe content. Groupsourcing can both address the time lag problem and identify inappropriate content. To test its effectiveness, we have implemented FAR, which allows savvy Facebook users to warn their friends about potentially unsafe content, and conducted a controlled laboratory study. The results show that groupsourced signals can complement other types of signals and compensate for their weaknesses by countering viral spreading of unsafe content in a more timely fashion. The current version of FAR, consisting of a Facebook application and a Firefox browser extension is publicly available for use. en
dct.language en
ethesis.language.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/languages/eng
ethesis.language English en
ethesis.language englanti fi
ethesis.language engelska sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu-avhandlingar sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu -tutkielmat fi
ethesis.thesistype master's thesis en
ethesis.thesistype.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/thesistypes/mastersthesis
ethesis.degreeprogram Networking and Service en
dct.identifier.urn URN:NBN:fi-fe2017112251715
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