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A study of human flesh search with epidemic models

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WebSci '12: Proceedings of the 4th Annual ACM Web Science Conference

Pages 67 - 73

https://doi.org/10.1145/2380718.2380727

Published: 22 June 2012 Publication History

Abstract

Human Flesh Search (HFS) is a phenomenon of collaborative researching with a purpose of exposing personal information details of a target who has committed some misbehaviors. With the steady growth of Internet population and the communication convenience brought by forums, SNS and micro-blogs, HFS is becoming more and more powerful and able to fulfill tasks which are "mission impossible" by other conventional means.

Most existing research work on HFS focuses on legal or privacy issues, while we aim at building a mathematical model to understand the evolution of the search process and hence to evaluate and quantify the capability of this massive collaboration intelligence. By borrowing ideas from epidemics, we build a mathematical model which views the process of HFS as an analogy to the process of infectious disease spread. Experimental results show that our model matches real HFS cases very well.

The contribution of this paper is as follows. First, it is the first attempt to develop mathematical models to quantitatively describe the capability of HFS. Second, it is the first time to examine the relationship between target information entropy and its impact on netizen response, which cast new light on the success/failure prediction of future HFS campaigns.

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A study of human flesh search with epidemic models
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Modeling and simulation
    1. Model development and analysis

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WebSci '12: Proceedings of the 4th Annual ACM Web Science Conference

June 2012

531 pages

ISBN:9781450312288

DOI:10.1145/2380718

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Huang Q(2021)The mediated and mediatised justice-seeking: Chinese digital vigilantism from 2006 to 2018Internet Histories10.1080/24701475.2021.1919965(1-19)Online publication date: 29-Apr-2021
https://doi.org/10.1080/24701475.2021.1919965
Nian FZhang YLiu X(2018)A Human Flesh Search Algorithm Based on Information Puzzle2018 IEEE SmartWorld, Ubiquitous Intelligence & Computing, Advanced & Trusted Computing, Scalable Computing & Communications, Cloud & Big Data Computing, Internet of People and Smart City Innovation (SmartWorld/SCALCOM/UIC/ATC/CBDCom/IOP/SCI)10.1109/SmartWorld.2018.00216(1243-1248)Online publication date: Oct-2018
https://doi.org/10.1109/SmartWorld.2018.00216
Chen SWang TFeng YLiu ZHuang J(2018)Comparing Social Influence with Collaborative Influence in Human Flesh Search2018 Eighth International Conference on Information Science and Technology (ICIST)10.1109/ICIST.2018.8426157(444-449)Online publication date: Jun-2018
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIST.2018.8426157
Chang LPoon R(2016)Internet Vigilantism: Attitudes and Experiences of University Students Toward Cyber Crowdsourcing in Hong KongInternational Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology10.1177/0306624X1663903761:16(1912-1932)Online publication date: 18-Mar-2016
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Wang TZhang QFu JWang XZheng S(2013)What Is the Uniqueness of Growth Pattern in Human Flesh Search Organization?Intelligence and Security Informatics10.1007/978-3-642-39693-9_8(75-81)Online publication date: 2013
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Heng CLin ZXu X(undefined)Human Flesh Search: What Did We Find?SSRN Electronic Journal10.2139/ssrn.2990436
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