19 papers
Beyond Logical Forms: LLM-Extracted Patterns for Fallacy Classification
Eleni Papadopulos, Firoj Alam, Giovanni Da San Martino
In today's fast-paced information era, logical fallacies, defined as defective patterns of reasoning, inevitably contribute to the growth of information disorder. However, often fa…
Adapting Reinforcement Learning with Chain-of-Thought Supervision for Explainable Detection of Hateful and Propagandistic Memes
Mohamed Bayan Kmainasi, Mucahid Kutlu, Ali Ezzat Shahroor +2
Hateful and propagandistic memes exploit the interplay between images and text to convey harmful intent that neither modality reveals alone. Although thinking-based multimodal larg…
CritiSense: Critical Digital Literacy and Resilience Against Misinformation
Firoj Alam, Fatema Ahmad, Ali Ezzat Shahroor +5
Misinformation on social media undermines informed decision-making and public trust. Prebunking offers a proactive complement by helping users recognize manipulation tactics before…
MemeLens: Multilingual Multitask VLMs for Memes
Ali Ezzat Shahroor, Mohamed Bayan Kmainasi, Abul Hasnat +4
Memes are a dominant medium for online communication and manipulation because meaning emerges from interactions between embedded text, imagery, and cultural context. Existing meme…
Can Thinking Models Think to Detect Hateful Memes?
Mohamed Bayan Kmainasi, Mucahid Kutlu, Ali Ezzat Shahroor +2
Hateful memes often require compositional multimodal reasoning: the image and text may appear benign in isolation, yet their interaction conveys harmful intent. Although thinking-b…
LLM-Based Multi-Task Bangla Hate Speech Detection: Type, Severity, and Target
Md Arid Hasan, Firoj Alam, Md Fahad Hossain +2
Online social media platforms are central to everyday communication and information seeking. While these platforms serve positive purposes, they also provide fertile ground for the…