Hatexplain: A benchmark dataset for explainable hate speech detection

B Mathew, P Saha, SM Yimam, C Biemann… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - ojs.aaai.org
Hate speech is a challenging issue plaguing the online social media. While better models
for hate speech detection are continuously being developed, there is little research on the …

Spread of hate speech in online social media

B Mathew, R Dutt, P Goyal, A Mukherjee - Proceedings of the 10th ACM …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Hate speech is considered to be one of the major issues currently plaguing the online social
media. With online hate speech culminating in gruesome scenarios like the Rohingya …

Sok: Hate, harassment, and the changing landscape of online abuse

K Thomas, D Akhawe, M Bailey… - … IEEE Symposium on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We argue that existing security, privacy, and antiabuse protections fail to address the
growing threat of online hate and harassment. In order for our community to understand and …

Contextualizing hate speech classifiers with post-hoc explanation

B Kennedy, X **, AM Davani, M Dehghani… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2020 - arxiv.org
Hate speech classifiers trained on imbalanced datasets struggle to determine if group
identifiers like" gay" or" black" are used in offensive or prejudiced ways. Such biases …

'Welcome to# GabFam': Far-right virtual community on Gab

G Jasser, J McSwiney, E Pertwee… - New Media & …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
With large social media platforms coming under increasing pressure to deplatform far-right
users, the Alternative Technology movement (Alt-Tech) emerged as a new digital support …

Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy on English-language Twitter

M Thelwall, K Kousha, S Thelwall - 2021 - wlv.openrepository.com
Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy seems likely to increase mortality rates and delay the easing of
social distancing restrictions. Online platforms with large audiences may influence vaccine …

Online hate speech

AA Siegel - Social media and democracy: The state of the field …, 2020 - books.google.com
Once relegated to the dark corners of the Internet, online hate speech has become
increasingly visible on mainstream social media platforms. From targeted anti-Semitic …

Hate speech, toxicity detection in online social media: a recent survey of state of the art and opportunities

Anjum, R Katarya - International Journal of Information Security, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Information and communication technology has evolved dramatically, and now the
majority of people are using internet and sharing their opinion more openly, which has led to …

On microtargeting socially divisive ads: A case study of russia-linked ad campaigns on facebook

FN Ribeiro, K Saha, M Babaei, L Henrique… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Targeted advertising is meant to improve the efficiency of matching advertisers to their
customers. However, targeted advertising can also be abused by malicious advertisers to …

On the globalization of the QAnon conspiracy theory through Telegram

M Hoseini, P Melo, F Benevenuto, A Feldmann… - Proceedings of the 15th …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
QAnon is a far-right conspiracy theory that has implications in the real world, with supporters
of the theory participating in real-world violent acts like the US capitol attack in 2021. At the …