SGHateCheck: Functional Tests for Detecting Hate Speech in Low-Resource Languages of Singapore
Ri Chi Ng, Nirmalendu Prakash, Ming Shan Hee, Kenny Tsu Wei Choo, Roy Ka-wei Lee
Abstract
To address the limitations of current hate speech detection models, we introduce SGHateCheck, a novel framework designed for the linguistic and cultural context of Singapore and Southeast Asia. It extends the functional testing approach of HateCheck and MHC, employing large language models for translation and paraphrasing into Singapore’s main languages, and refining these with native annotators. SGHateCheck reveals critical flaws in state-of-the-art models, highlighting their inadequacy in sensitive content moderation. This work aims to foster the development of more effective hate speech detection tools for diverse linguistic environments, particularly for Singapore and Southeast Asia contexts.- Anthology ID:
- 2024.woah-1.24
- Volume:
- Proceedings of the 8th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH 2024)
- Month:
- June
- Year:
- 2024
- Address:
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Editors:
- Yi-Ling Chung, Zeerak Talat, Debora Nozza, Flor Miriam Plaza-del-Arco, Paul Röttger, Aida Mostafazadeh Davani, Agostina Calabrese
- Venues:
- WOAH | WS
- SIG:
- Publisher:
- Association for Computational Linguistics
- Note:
- Pages:
- 312–327
- Language:
- URL:
- https://aclanthology.org/2024.woah-1.24
- DOI:
- Cite (ACL):
- Ri Chi Ng, Nirmalendu Prakash, Ming Shan Hee, Kenny Tsu Wei Choo, and Roy Ka-wei Lee. 2024. SGHateCheck: Functional Tests for Detecting Hate Speech in Low-Resource Languages of Singapore. In Proceedings of the 8th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH 2024), pages 312–327, Mexico City, Mexico. Association for Computational Linguistics.
- Cite (Informal):
- SGHateCheck: Functional Tests for Detecting Hate Speech in Low-Resource Languages of Singapore (Ng et al., WOAH-WS 2024)
- PDF:
- https://preview.aclanthology.org/jeptaln-2024-ingestion/2024.woah-1.24.pdf