#KillFie: understanding dangerous selfi es

Abstract

Sel es have become a prominent medium for self-portrayal on social media. Unfortunately, certain social media users go to extreme lengths to click selfies , which puts their lives at risk. Two hundred and thirty-two individuals have died from March 2014 until November 2018 while trying to click sel fies. It is imperative to be able to identify dangerous sel fies posted on social media platforms to be able to build an intervention for users going to extreme lengths for clicking such sel fies. In this work, analyze this problem space using social media data and build tools to prevent such casualties.