Online Social Networks (OSNs) or simply social Media such as
Facebook, X (Formerly known as Twitter), Instagram have recently emerged as one
of the crucial platforms in human communication worldwide that allows
individual users to send messages, build friendships, share perceptions and
voice out their opinions, and get inspired. In this era of technology, online
social media has become a rapidly growing phenomenon. The main social media
platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and X (formerly known as Twitter)
connect and unite people globally, as quickly as any other communication medium.
The growth of social media is expected to increase tremendously in the future.
Online social media users generate and consume information independently. Many
domains recognize the vital role of analyzing social media data, as this can
improve operations and enable organizations to stay competitive. Nowadays,
people spend a significant amount of time on social media platforms. However,
the growing popularity of social media has also led to an increase in spamming
and hacking activities. Cyber-criminals often spam and hack through external
phishing sites or malware downloads, which pose significant security risks and
poor user experience in social media networks. To combat the issue of spam,
several methods have been proposed, but there is still no perfect, effective
solution for detecting spam with high accuracy. In this chapter, we propose a
spam detection approach using Naive Bayes (NB) and Enhanced Random Forest (ERF)
classifiers. The Naive Bayes classifier applies Bayes' theorem with feature
independence assumptions, while the Enhanced Random Forest improves on the
traditional Random Forest with optimized feature handling. In order to assess
the effectiveness of the proposed model, metrics such as accuracy, precision,
recall and F1 scores are used to compare the model’s performance in recognizing
spam messages. In conclusion, this study emphasizes that Enhanced Random Forest
is more balanced in terms of efficiency and performance for social network spam
detection and it can perform well with lower computational requirements.
Author
(s) Details
M. Arunkrishna
PG & Research Department of Computer Science, Christhu Raj College
(Affiliated to Bharathidhasan University), Tiruchirappalli - 620 012, Tamil
Nadu, India.
B. Mukunthan
Department of Computer Science, Jairams Arts and Science College
(Affiliated to Bharathidhasan University), Karur - 639003, Tamil Nadu, India.
B. Senthilkumaran
PG & Research Department of Computer Science, Christhu Raj College
(Affiliated to Bharathidhasan University), Tiruchirappalli - 620 012, Tamil
Nadu, India.
Please see the book here:- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/stda/v3/3442