8 papers
MemeMind at ArAIEval Shared Task: Spotting Persuasive Spans in Arabic Text with Persuasion Techniques Identification
Md Rafiul Biswas, Zubair Shah, Wajdi Zaghouani
This paper focuses on detecting propagandistic spans and persuasion techniques in Arabic text from tweets and news paragraphs. Each entry in the dataset contains a text sample and…
The FIGNEWS Shared Task on News Media Narratives
Wajdi Zaghouani, Mustafa Jarrar, Nizar Habash +5
We present an overview of the FIGNEWS shared task, organized as part of the ArabicNLP 2024 conference co-located with ACL 2024. The shared task addresses bias and propaganda annota…
Nullpointer at CheckThat! 2024: Identifying Subjectivity from Multilingual Text Sequence
Md. Rafiul Biswas, Abrar Tasneem Abir, Wajdi Zaghouani
This study addresses a binary classification task to determine whether a text sequence, either a sentence or paragraph, is subjective or objective. The task spans five languages: A…
ArAIEval Shared Task: Propagandistic Techniques Detection in Unimodal and Multimodal Arabic Content
Maram Hasanain, Md. Arid Hasan, Fatema Ahmed +4
We present an overview of the second edition of the ArAIEval shared task, organized as part of the ArabicNLP 2024 conference co-located with ACL 2024. In this edition, ArAIEval off…
ThatiAR: Subjectivity Detection in Arabic News Sentences
Reem Suwaileh, Maram Hasanain, Fatema Hubail +2
Detecting subjectivity in news sentences is crucial for identifying media bias, enhancing credibility, and combating misinformation by flagging opinion-based content. It provides i…
Chinese Offensive Language Detection:Current Status and Future Directions
Yunze Xiao, Houda Bouamor, Wajdi Zaghouani
Despite the considerable efforts being made to monitor and regulate user-generated content on social media platforms, the pervasiveness of offensive language, such as hate speech o…