Identity Deception Detection on Social Media Platforms

Estée van der Walt, J. H. P. Eloff

2017

Abstract

The bulk of currently available research in identity deception focuses on understanding the psychological motive behind persons lying about their identity. However, apart from understanding the psychological aspects of such a mindset, it is also important to consider identity deception in the context of the technologically integrated society in which we live today. With the proliferation of social media, it has become the norm for many people to present a false identity for various purposes, whether for anonymity or for something more harmful like committing paedophilia. Social media platforms (SMPs) are known to deal with massive volumes of big data. Big data characteristics such as volume, velocity and variety make it not only easier for people to deceive others about their identity, but also harder to prevent or detect identity deception. This paper describes the challenges of identity deception detection on SMPs. It also presents attributes that can play a role in identity deception detection, as well as the results of an experiment to develop a so-called Identity Deception Indicator (IDI). It is believed that such an IDI can assist law enforcement with the early detection of potentially harmful behaviour on SMPs.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

van der Walt E. and Eloff J. (2017). Identity Deception Detection on Social Media Platforms . In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP, ISBN 978-989-758-209-7, pages 573-578. DOI: 10.5220/0006271105730578

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icissp17,
author={Estée van der Walt and J. H. P. Eloff},
title={Identity Deception Detection on Social Media Platforms},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP,},
year={2017},
pages={573-578},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006271105730578},
isbn={978-989-758-209-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP,
TI - Identity Deception Detection on Social Media Platforms
SN - 978-989-758-209-7
AU - van der Walt E.
AU - Eloff J.
PY - 2017
SP - 573
EP - 578
DO - 10.5220/0006271105730578