Cyberbullying Classification Using Extreme Learning Machine Applied to Portuguese Language

Abstract

Increasing accessibility to virtual environments has resulted in higher incidences of Cyberbullying attacks and the consequences of these attacks can affect the victim’s life for a long time or even permanently. For this reason, it is extremely important to develop tools to inhibit such practices. In this paper, a solution to the Cyberbullying classification problem using machine learning (Extreme Learning Machine) is proposed. The application of the proposed method to a database of sentences in Portuguese language shows promising results where compared to a standard method available in the literature.