avalanche - Utilizing Technology to Protect Against Harmful Social Media Effects

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Monitoring social media platforms to detect harmful content

Supporting the provision of alerts to authorities to improve public safety.

avalanche achieved this using
· SAS Viya® · Artificial intelligence

SAS Hackathon 2024 · EMEA Region · Public Sector Track

Challenge

Social media has potential to be a breeding ground for hate and disruption, which may spill over into real-world violence.

Detecting calls for social violence at an early stage could prevent this overspill.

However, it is hard for individuals or authorities to monitor social media to detect these calls, or identify which ones might be problematic.

It is also hard to counter misinformation and fake news at an early stage.

Innovation

This solution uses SAS® Viya® to develop a model to provide early warning of calls for violence issued on social media.

avalanche:

Used tweets, economic data, and information from security cameras.

Added social network analysis to provide even more context.

Developed a model to indicate a level of emergency to drive action by authorities.

Impact

The avalanche solution will enable authorities to assess the level of risk in a particular situation.

It draws on both social media and information on the ground to assess situations in the moment.

It can be used as an early-warning system to indicate potential flashpoints, and pinpoint issues geographically.

It could be used anywhere in the world as a way to improve public safety.

“We want to ensure public safety [and] contribute to peace of society.” Ahmet Tanrikulu · Team Leader · Team avalanche

Team Name	avalanche
Track	Public Sector
Use Case	Our project is designed to monitor social media platforms and detect harmful content, providing timely alerts to relevant authorities to prevent panic and protect public safety.
Technology	SAS Viya ,SAS Model Studio , SAS Visual Analytics ,SAS Studio , SAS Data Explorer , Python , Machine Learning .
Region	EMEA
Team lead	Ahmet Tanrikulu @ahmettanrikulu
Team members	@serinevcim, @e_arikan , @yusufmirzacoban , @ddemirci , @NihatEmre , @burakdkaya
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jarno · ‎09-19-2024

Happy to be your mentor! Go Team Avalanche! 👍

LGroves · ‎11-13-2024

Very nice pitch video, highlighting a very important topic. And I love the depth of the analytical tools you used in your analysis, including open source. Good job!