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SUMMARY:Counterspeech: can and should we automate it? - Dr Stefanie Ullman
 n (CRASSH)
DTSTART:20211116T131500Z
DTEND:20211116T140000Z
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CONTACT:Prof. Nebojša Radić
DESCRIPTION:The spread of online misinformation and hate speech shows no s
 igns of ceasing. Yet\, current approaches towards tackling the problem are
  still largely insufficient\, as they rely largely on content moderation (
 often still performed by humans)\, reporting and censoring. Recently\, a g
 rowing number of research studies have started looking at the effectivenes
 s of Counterspeech and automating such approaches. Counterspeech is based 
 on the idea that more (good) speech is a better approach to hate than cens
 orship and banning. While Counterspeech can be a successful means in fight
 ing online hate speech\, computational approaches to Counterspeech are sti
 ll in their infancy. This talk will reflect on the current state of resear
 ch and consider ethical considerations as well as technological benefits a
 nd challenges in automating Counterspeech. \n
LOCATION:Darwin College\, Richard King Room
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