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A Privacy-Preserving Architecture for the Protection of Adolescents in Online Social Networks

Authors:
Markos Charalambous
Petros Papagiannis
Antonis Papasavva
Pantelitsa Leonidou
Rafael Constaninou
Lia Terzidou
Theodoros Christophides
Pantelis Nicolaou
Orfeas Theofanis
George Kalatzantonakis
Michael Sirivianos

Keywords: online social networks; online threats; cybersecurity risks; privacy; minors

Abstract:
Online Social Networks (OSN) constitute an integral part of people’s every day social activity. Specifically, mainstream OSNs, such as Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook are especially prominent in adolescents’ lives for communicating with other people online, expressing and entertain themselves, and finding information. However, adolescents face a significant number of threats when using online platforms. Some of these threats include aggressive behavior and cyberbullying, sexual grooming, false news and fake activity, radicalization, and exposure of personal information and sensitive content. There is a pressing need for parental control tools and Internet content filtering techniques to protect the vulnerable groups that use online platforms. Existing parental control tools occasionally violate the privacy of adolescents, leading them to use other communication channels to avoid moderation. In this work, we design and implement a usercentric Cybersafety Family Advice Suite (CFAS) with Guardian Avatars aiming at preserving the privacy of the individuals towards their custodians and towards the advice tool itself. Moreover, we present a systematic process for designing and developing state of the art techniques and a system architecture to prevent minors’ exposure to numerous risks and dangers while using Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube on a browser.

Pages: 48 to 57

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2020

Publication date: October 25, 2020

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2519-8599

ISBN: 978-1-61208-818-1

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from October 25, 2020 to October 29, 2020