Detecting predatory behavior in game chats
Abstract
While games are a popular social media for children, there is a real risk that these children are exposed to potential sexual assault. A number of studies have already addressed this issue, however, the data used in previous research did not properly represent the real chats found in multiplayer online games. To address this issue, we obtained real chat data from MovieStarPlanet, a massively multiplayer online game for children. The research described in this paper aimed to detect predatory behaviors in the chats using machine learning methods. In order to achieve a high accuracy on this task, extensive preprocessing was necessary. We describe three different strategies for data selection and preprocessing, and extensively compare the performance of different learning algorithms on the different data sets and features.
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Cheong et al. [74] used MovieStarPlanet as a source for data to detect grooming behavior in online game platforms.
“Following the same motivation, Cheong et al. [74] used MovieStarPlanet as a source for data to detect grooming behavior in online game platforms.”
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- Authors
- Cheong, Y.-G., Jensen, A. K., Gudnadottir, E. R., Bae, B.-C., & Togelius, J.
- Affiliations
- Sungkyunkwan University (KR)
- Hongik University (KR)
- New York University (US)
- Venue
- IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games
- Published
- 2015-09
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 220-232
- ISSN
- 1943-068X (ISSN-L)
- 1943-0698
- OpenAlex
- W2005873908
- Cited by
- 30
- References
- 27
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 1.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Hongik University
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Spam and Phishing Detection
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Text and Document Classification Technologies
- Keywords
- children's online games, sexual assault risk, child sexual exploitation, data selection strategies, feature comparison, learning algorithm comparison
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