| language: | |
| - my | |
| license: gpl | |
| ### 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 |