Offensive Language
Offensive language detection aims to automatically identify hateful, abusive, and otherwise harmful language online, primarily to mitigate its negative societal impact. Current research focuses on improving the accuracy and robustness of detection models, particularly addressing challenges posed by multilingualism, code-mixing, implicit offensiveness, and adversarial attacks; transformer-based models and ensemble methods are prominent. This field is crucial for creating safer online environments and fostering more respectful digital interactions, driving advancements in natural language processing and impacting the design of content moderation systems.
Papers
Predicting the Type and Target of Offensive Social Media Posts in Marathi
Marcos Zampieri, Tharindu Ranasinghe, Mrinal Chaudhari, Saurabh Gaikwad, Prajwal Krishna, Mayuresh Nene, Shrunali Paygude
YZR-net : Self-supervised Hidden representations Invariant to Transformations for profanity detection
Vedant Sandeep Joshi, Sivanagaraja Tatinati, Yubo Wang