Papers by Humberto Jesus Carlon
Analyzing Hate Speech Amplification on Fringe Platforms (2026.acl-srw)
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| Challenge: | a new study examines the factors that determine how hate speech amplifies on fringe platforms . fringe platforms like Gab harbor high volumes of hate speech due to minimal moderation and insular communities . |
| Approach: | They used a dataset of 5K+ threads and 50K+ responses from four fringe platforms . they found that thread structure and disagreements in early response windows can give up to 74% lift in RMSE . |
| Outcome: | The proposed model estimates how several features influence hate speech amplification on fringe platforms. |