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Can online attention signals help fact-checkers fact-check?
Manoel Horta Ribeiro, Savvas Zannettou, Oana Goga +2
Recent research suggests that not all fact-checking efforts are equal: when and what is fact-checked plays a pivotal role in effectively correcting misconceptions. In that context,…
On the Globalization of the QAnon Conspiracy Theory Through Telegram
Mohamad Hoseini, Philipe Melo, Fabricio Benevenuto +2
QAnon is a far-right conspiracy theory that became popular and mainstream over the past few years. Worryingly, the QAnon conspiracy theory has implications in the real world, with…
Contextual-Lexicon Approach for Abusive Language Detection
Francielle Vargas, Fabiana Rodrigues de Góes, Isabelle Carvalho +2
Since a lexicon-based approach is more elegant scientifically, explaining the solution components and being easier to generalize to other applications, this paper provides a new ap…
HateBR: A Large Expert Annotated Corpus of Brazilian Instagram Comments for Offensive Language and Hate Speech Detection
Francielle Alves Vargas, Isabelle Carvalho, Fabiana Rodrigues de Góes +2
Due to the severity of the social media offensive and hateful comments in Brazil, and the lack of research in Portuguese, this paper provides the first large-scale expert annotated…
Characterizing (Un)moderated Textual Data in Social Systems
Lucas Henrique Costa de Lima, Julio Reis, Philipe Melo +2
Despite the valuable social interactions that online media promote, these systems provide space for speech that would be potentially detrimental to different groups of people. The…