Etiqa'a: An Android Mobile Application for Monitoring Teen's Private Messages on WhatsApp to Detect Harmful/Inappropriate Words in Arabic using Machine Learning
Received: 17 July 2023 | Revised: 21 August 2023 | Accepted: 30 August 2023 | Online: 4 November 2023
Corresponding author: Manar Ahmed Saeed Bajafar
Abstract
In today's world, social networks, such as WhatsApp, have become essential to daily life. An increasing number of Arab children use WhatsApp to communicate with others on a local and global scale, which has led to several negative consequences in their lives, including those associated with being bullied and harassed online. This study presents Etiqa'a, an application aiming to minimize risks and keep threats against minors from becoming a reality. Etiqa'a scans received WhatsApp messages which are then analyzed, and classified using a Logistic Regression (LR) machine learning model. The test results showed an accuracy of 81% in classifying messages as appropriate or inappropriate based on the text of the message. In the case of the latter, the application sends a detailed alert to parents.
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machine learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP), WhatsApp, private message monitoring , Arabic text classification, message classificationDownloads
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