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Hate Speech
Hate Speech Detection with Argumentative Reasoning
Use argumentative reasoning to make the implicit content of hate speech explicit.
Mar 2, 2026
Multi-cultural Abusive and Hate Speech Detection
Measure how different definitions of abusive and hate speech affect detection models.
Mar 2, 2026
Interlocking-free Selective Rationalization Through Genetic-based Learning
GenSPP trains the generator and predictor of a self-explaining text classifier separately with genetic search, removing interlocking and producing more accurate highlights.
Federico Ruggeri
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Gaetano Signorelli
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Untangling Hate Speech Definitions: A Semantic Componential Analysis Across Cultures and Domains
HateDefCon breaks 493 hate speech definitions from five domains into semantic components and shows LLM hate speech detection changes with the definition in the prompt.
Katerina Korre
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Arianna Muti
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Federico Ruggeri
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Alberto Barrón-Cedeño
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PejorativITy: Disambiguating Pejorative Epithets to Improve Misogyny Detection in Italian Tweets
PejorativITy labels Italian tweets for pejorative words and misogyny, and shows that telling insults from neutral senses first improves misogyny detection.
Arianna Muti
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Federico Ruggeri
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Cagri Toraman
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Alberto Barrón-Cedeño
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Samuel Algherini
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Lorenzo Musetti
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Silvia Ronchi
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Gianmarco Saretto
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Caterina Zapparoli
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