Determining Code Words in Euphemistic Hate Speech Using Word Embedding Networks

Published: 01 Oct 2018, Last Modified: 30 Apr 2025Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Abusive Language Online (ALW2). Co-located at EMNLP 2028EveryoneCC BY 4.0
Abstract: While analysis of online explicit abusive language detection has lately seen an ever-increasing focus, implicit abuse detection remains a largely unexplored space. We carry out a study on a subcategory of implicit hate: euphemistic hate speech. We propose a method to assist in identifying unknown euphemisms (or code words) given a set of hateful tweets containing a known code word. Our approach leverages word embeddings and network analysis (through centrality measures and community detection) in a manner that can be generalized to identify euphemisms across contexts- not just hate speech.
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