Modelling the language of extremist communities

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• Christine de Kock, University of Melbourne
• Tuesday 29 July 2025, 14:00-15:00
• Webinar & LT2, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building..

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Extremist groups develop complex in-group language, also referred to as cryptolects, to exclude or mislead outsiders. Though this is a longstanding and well-documented social norm, it highlights key shortcomings in current natural language processing technologies, e.g. large language models (LLMs), especially when used for content moderation. In this talk, I will describe recent methods, datasets, and models we developed to address these challenges. Our experiments center on two online extremist platforms, Incels and Stormfront, which promote alt-right and misogynistic ideologies, respectively.

This talk is part of the Computer Laboratory Security Seminar series.

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