Directions in abusive language training data, a systematic review: Garbage in, garbage out

B Vidgen, L Derczynski - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Data-driven and machine learning based approaches for detecting, categorising and
measuring abusive content such as hate speech and harassment have gained traction due …

Thirty years of research into hate speech: topics of interest and their evolution

A Tontodimamma, E Nissi, A Sarra, L Fontanella - Scientometrics, 2021 - Springer
The exponential growth of social media has brought with it an increasing propagation of
hate speech and hate based propaganda. Hate speech is commonly defined as any …

Develo** an online hate classifier for multiple social media platforms

J Salminen, M Hopf, SA Chowdhury, S Jung… - … -centric Computing and …, 2020 - Springer
The proliferation of social media enables people to express their opinions widely online.
However, at the same time, this has resulted in the emergence of conflict and hate, making …

The disagreement deconvolution: Bringing machine learning performance metrics in line with reality

ML Gordon, K Zhou, K Patel, T Hashimoto… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Machine learning classifiers for human-facing tasks such as comment toxicity and
misinformation often score highly on metrics such as ROC AUC but are received poorly in …

Identifying and measuring annotator bias based on annotators' demographic characteristics

H Al Kuwatly, M Wich, G Groh - … of the fourth workshop on online …, 2020 - aclanthology.org
Abstract Machine learning is recently used to detect hate speech and other forms of abusive
language in online platforms. However, a notable weakness of machine learning models is …

Detecting weak and strong Islamophobic hate speech on social media

B Vidgen, T Yasseri - Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Islamophobic hate speech on social media is a growing concern in contemporary Western
politics and society. It can inflict considerable harm on any victims who are targeted, create a …

ConvAbuse: Data, analysis, and benchmarks for nuanced abuse detection in conversational AI

AC Curry, G Abercrombie, V Rieser - ar** online hate: A scientometric analysis on research trends and hotspots in research on online hate
A Waqas, J Salminen, S Jung, H Almerekhi, BJ Jansen - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Internet and social media participation open doors to a plethora of positive opportunities for
the general public. However, in addition to these positive aspects, digital technology also …