Navigating Dialectal Bias and Ethical Complexities in Levantine Arabic Hate Speech Detection

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Ahmed Haj, Yew, Rui-Jie, Minocher, Xerxes, Venkatasubramanian, Suresh
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author Ahmed, Ahmed Haj
Yew, Rui-Jie
Minocher, Xerxes
Venkatasubramanian, Suresh
author_facet Ahmed, Ahmed Haj
Yew, Rui-Jie
Minocher, Xerxes
Venkatasubramanian, Suresh
contents Social media platforms have become central to global communication, yet they also facilitate the spread of hate speech. For underrepresented dialects like Levantine Arabic, detecting hate speech presents unique cultural, ethical, and linguistic challenges. This paper explores the complex sociopolitical and linguistic landscape of Levantine Arabic and critically examines the limitations of current datasets used in hate speech detection. We highlight the scarcity of publicly available, diverse datasets and analyze the consequences of dialectal bias within existing resources. By emphasizing the need for culturally and contextually informed natural language processing (NLP) tools, we advocate for a more nuanced and inclusive approach to hate speech detection in the Arab world.
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spellingShingle Navigating Dialectal Bias and Ethical Complexities in Levantine Arabic Hate Speech Detection
Ahmed, Ahmed Haj
Yew, Rui-Jie
Minocher, Xerxes
Venkatasubramanian, Suresh
Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
Computers and Society
Social media platforms have become central to global communication, yet they also facilitate the spread of hate speech. For underrepresented dialects like Levantine Arabic, detecting hate speech presents unique cultural, ethical, and linguistic challenges. This paper explores the complex sociopolitical and linguistic landscape of Levantine Arabic and critically examines the limitations of current datasets used in hate speech detection. We highlight the scarcity of publicly available, diverse datasets and analyze the consequences of dialectal bias within existing resources. By emphasizing the need for culturally and contextually informed natural language processing (NLP) tools, we advocate for a more nuanced and inclusive approach to hate speech detection in the Arab world.
title Navigating Dialectal Bias and Ethical Complexities in Levantine Arabic Hate Speech Detection
topic Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
Computers and Society
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.10991