simbolo-ai/burmese-hatespeech

What is Hate Speech?

Hate speech is any toxic communication used to attack individuals or groups directly, especially based on the characteristics (but not limited to): physical deficiency, mental deficiency, moral deficiency, age, ethnicity, race, national origin, caste, religion, disability, serious disease, sex, gender, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, and immigration status.

About Dataset

The dataset comprises text data collected from Facebook comments and posts, primarily focusing on instances of hate speech. The data is in Burmese and includes a wide range of offensive and hateful expressions targeting individuals and groups based on various attributes such as ethnicity, politics, and personal characteristics.The dataset contains approximately 16.8k rows. This number reflects a diverse collection of hate speech instances, offering a comprehensive overview of the types of toxic language prevalent in the specific online community sampled.

Disclaimer

The dataset may contain toxic data like using rude words, and these are not aligned with the definition of hate speech data mentioned above.

Contributors:

Main Contributor: Sa Phyo Thu Htet

Other Contributors: Ei Thandar Aung, Naing Linn Phyo, Yang Ni Linn Lat, Chaw Su Thwe Thiha Nyein, Hnin Aye Thant, Ye Bhone Lin

Data Collectors: Sa Phyo Thu Htet, Students from Simbolo, Club Members of Data Science and Machine Learning Club, University of Technology, Yatanarpon Cyber City, Myanmar