“In this paper, we investigate the generalization capabilities of deep learning models to different target groups of hate speech under clean experimental settings. Furthermore, we assess the efficacy of three
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The Role of Victim’s Resilience and Self-Esteem in Experiencing Internet Hate (MDPI)The Role of Victim’s Resilience and Self-Esteem in Experiencing Internet Hate (MDPI)
“A total of 60 public figures (politicians, athletes, and artists; 46.7% women) and 1128 ordinary Internet users (25.1% women) participated in the study. Participants completed The Brief Resilience Scale, The
Assessing the impact of contextual information in hate speech detection (arXiv)Assessing the impact of contextual information in hate speech detection (arXiv)
“In this work, we provide a novel corpus for contextualized hate speech detection based on user responses to news posts from media outlets on Twitter. This corpus was collected in
Quantifying How Hateful Communities Radicalize Online Users (arXiv)Quantifying How Hateful Communities Radicalize Online Users (arXiv)
“Using Interrupted Time Series (ITS) analysis as a causal inference method, we gauge the spillover effect, in which hateful language from within a certain community can spread outside that community
The Effect of Content Moderation on Online and Offline Hate: Evidence from Germany’s NetzDG (SSRN)The Effect of Content Moderation on Online and Offline Hate: Evidence from Germany’s NetzDG (SSRN)
“Using a difference-in-differences strategy, we find that the law was associated with a statistically significant reduction in toxic posts by far-right social media users. Further, we show that the NetzDG
Online Public Discourse in MENA: Disinformation and hate speech during the 2022 Lebanese and Jordanian elections (Democracy Reporting International)Online Public Discourse in MENA: Disinformation and hate speech during the 2022 Lebanese and Jordanian elections (Democracy Reporting International)
“Fighting disinformation and hate speech is key to preserving democratic processes. This is why DRI’s project ‘Word Matters’ works to build society’s resilience against these online threats in the Middle