Adeyinka Orelaja
Department of Computer Science, Austin Peay State University, Tennessee, 37044, USA
Chidubem Ejiofor
Department of Computer Science, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois, 61455, USA
Samuel Sarpong
Department of Computing, East Tennessee State University, Tennessee, 37604, USA
Success Imakuh
Department of Computing, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, TS1 3BX, United Kingdom
Christian Bassey
Department of Computer Science, Innopolis University, Innopolis, 420500, Russia
Iheanyichukwu Opara
Department of Oil and Gas Engineering, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, AB10 7AQ, United Kingdom
Josiah Nii Armah Tettey
Department of Computer Science, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, 45435, USA
Omolola Akinola
Department of Information System and Analysis, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, 77705, USA
Cyberbullying, a pervasive issue in the digital age, poses threats to individuals’ well-being across various attributes such as religion, age, ethnicity, and gender. This research employs artificial intelligence to detect cyberbullying instances in Twitter data, utilizing both traditional and deep learning models. The study repurposes the Sentiment140 dataset, originally intended for sentiment analysis, for the nuanced task of cyberbullying detection. Ethical considerations guide the dataset transformation process, ensuring responsible AI development. The Naive Bayes algorithm demonstrates commendable precision, recall, and accuracy, showcasing its efficacy. The Bi-LSTM model, leveraging deep learning capabilities, exhibits nuanced cyberbullying detection. The study also underscores limitations, emphasizing the need for refined models and diverse datasets.
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