Detecting Terrorism-Related Articles on the E-Government Using Text-Mining Techniques

Abstract

IntroductionModern criminal groups can commit malicious activities against the state and society not only in the real world, but also in a virtual environment (Internet, e-government). These activities usually have various purposes, including propaganda against the state and dissemination of information, which promote terrorism and shake the foundations of national and spiritual values. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7].The timely detection of this information in e-government is very important in ensuring the security of the state and society, which is one of the most pressing scientific-theoretical and practical problems of our time [6,7]. It is no coincidence that the problem of e-government security is specified as one of the most actual 13 research directions to be studied in the eGovRTD2020 project adopted by the European Commission [8].One of the main functions of e-government is to protect the citizens from possible impairment and violence. Linders [9] examined the evolution of citizen-state relations and concluded that the Internet, in particular e-government, is the most effective and affordable tool to inform about possible crimes, as well as to improve the relations between community members and law enforcement authorities. However, studies show that criminal groups "benefit" from this favorable environment as well, and this has become a source of great danger for the state and society. 9/11 is the best example. Further analysis has shown that the organized criminal group behind 9/11 planned and coordinated the entire act via the Internet. One can naturally conclude the virtual world is a very favorable environment for criminal groups to commit their evil deeds.Understandably, one of the important tasks of the modern state is to identify and analyze secret criminal networks operating via the Internet and e-state. This virtual space has a wide range of opportunities to communicate and coordinate operatively. Criminal group members can communicate via websites, e-mail, blogs, online chats, etc. In most cases, transmitted information consists of text. Therefore, analysis of the text transmitted through the virtual environment is essential to preventing possible terrorist acts and ensuring the security of e-government [10].Currently, text mining, the intelligent analysis of text gathered from various sources, is considered one of the most advanced and effective technologies in knowledge control [11].Another reason for the popularity of text mining and its wide range of applications is the dominance of text in the information, regardless of the information's sources. According to International Data Corporation analysts, about 80% of produced information contains text [12].

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