The Kanjuruhan tragedy on October 1, 2022, strongly impacted Indonesian football stadium safety. At the Kanjuruhan Stadium, a Persebaya vs. Arema FC match resulted in the deaths of 135 supporters. Due to the significant number of fatalities, there is ongoing debate regarding the responsible parties for the tragedy. Since there are expected to be 18.45 million active users in Indonesia by 2022, Twitter research helps determine popular attitudes. Support Vector Machine is used in this work to evaluate tweets and identify whether they include positive or negative emotions. The categorization outcomes may influence how the public views those responsible for the tragedy. On October 6, 2022, specific Twitter data on tear gas riots, oppressive government, rivalry between supporters, and violence against authorities were taken into account. The sentiment classes are negative, neutral, and positive. The study attained a 95.55% f1-score, 95.16% accuracy, 97.56% precision, and 95.16% recall.
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