Hate speech(HS) is a human problem, which will always require human engagement to teach machines its relevance. It's also a very context-dependent phenomenon, making it imperative for us to engage with relevant experts across different regional and cultural contexts. How can we collaborate sustainably to keep pace with the constantly evolving nature of online HS? Can the monitoring of online HS meaningfully support offline efforts to prevent violence and build societal cohesion? The Sentinel Project's Hatesbase is the world’s largest structured repository of regionalized, multilingual HS. The session will introduce participants to our Citizen Linguist Lab. The aim is to inspire the participants in crowdsourcing their inputs that have appropriate linguistic, cultural, and contextual knowledge. Engaging participants across all generations is vital to understand the different lived experiences and perceptions of hate speech. One doesn't have to be a professional linguist to contribute.
1) Ensuring equal participation from all potential beneficiaries, regardless of their ethnic or religious affiliation
2) An increase in the scope and quality of Hatebase’s data and analysis, resulting in enhanced capabilities for internet activists, researchers, NGOs, civil society organizations, government agencies, the private sector
3) Enhance current online hate speech monitoring capabilities by moving these efforts into new physical and digital realms
4) To improve linguistic and contextual analysis in the Hatebase software, identifying new use cases, and bridging the gap between offline and online efforts to monitor and counter hate speech and its negative effects
5) The long term impacts of these discussions include the potential for Hatebase to perform more effective early warning and peacebuilding interventions as well as facilitating safer online discourse and informing both government and corporate policy making, all of which in turn contributes to societal stability and the protection of democracy
We'll organize a fish bowl style discussion to remove the barriers between participants and facilitators. We start off the session introducing the citizen linguist lab and get them comfortable enough to navigate through the Hatebase platform.
If we have 20+ participants then we'll open up into focussed group rooms after 20 minutes.
If we have a smaller group, then we'll keep the discussion going and evaluate scenarios.
1) The creation of a global network of hate speech monitoring organizations, and an improved understanding of how online monitoring can contribute to offline interventions which mitigate the harmful impacts of online hate speech.
2) Fostering towards building a global network of research nodes in order to assist with ongoing multilingual and contextual training of the platform by contributing their knowledge of a variety of different languages and cultural conditions
3) Focus on generating and imparting knowledge to participants through a variety of channels; encouraging them to publish regular blog posts, write articles in eminent publications and provide incentives to regularly contribute towards the platform
Global Project Coordinator for Hatebase AI - The Sentinel Project
Chris is the executive director of the Sentinel Project, which is dedicated to assisting communities threatened by mass atrocities through direct cooperation and the innovative use of technology.
