Because of the volume, level of detail, and amount of noise in external big data, machine learning techniques will be required close to the data.

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Lieberman and colleagues are using their machine learning techniques on the MTV-partnered website "A Thin Line, " where anyone can write in their stories of cyberbullying, read about different forms of online disrespect, and find resources for getting help.

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The functions range from simple transformations to those for more complex techniques like regular expressions and machine-learning algorithms.

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