EMNLP 2024 Tutorial:
Countering Hateful and Offensive Speech Online - Open Challenges

1Bocconi University, Italy, 2FBK, Italy, 3Jigsaw, USA, 4George Mason University, USA,
Slides and full paper lists will be published

About this tutorial

In today's digital age, hate speech and offensive speech online pose a significant challenge to maintaining respectful and inclusive online environments.

This tutorial aims to provide attendees with a comprehensive understanding of the field by delving into essential dimensions such as multilingualism, counter-narrative generation, a hands-on session with one of the most popular APIs for detecting hate speech, fairness, and ethics in AI, and the use of recent advanced approaches. In addition, the tutorial aims to foster collaboration and inspire participants to create safer online spaces by detecting and mitigating hate speech.

Schedule

Our tutorial will be held at EMNLP 2024. Monroe Ballroom Terrace Level on Nov 15th, from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM. The schedule is as follows:

Time Section Presenter
9:00-9:10 Section 1: Introduction Debora Nozza
9:10-9:45 Section 2: Multilingualism Marcos Zampieri
9:45-10:20 Section 3: Counter-narrative Generation Marco Guerini
10:20-10:30 Q&A
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:25 Section 4: Hands-on Session (Perspective API) Jeffrey Sorensen
11:25-11:55 Section 5: Fairness & Ethics Debora Nozza
11:55-12:20 Section 6: How to use recent LLMs? Flor Miriam Plaza-del-Arco
12:20-12:30 Q&A and Discussion

BibTeX

@article{ complex-reasoning-tutorial,
  author    = { Plaza-del-Arco, Flor Miriam and Nozza, Debora and Guerini, Marco and Sorensen, Jeffrey and Zampieri, Marcos}
  title     = { EMNLP 2024 Tutorial: Countering Hateful and Offensive Speech Online - Open Challenges },
  journal   = { EMNLP 2024 },
  year      = { 2024 },
}