Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms

And that’s a wrap on the day! Our workshop keeps growing, and so do our social events.

Huge thanks to all the authors, speakers, attendees, and of course, our amazing organisers 👏

The drinks were a blast!

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The workshop programme has come to an end. Join us for workshop drinks at 6pm (you know where 🤫)

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The panel discussion with @katejsim.bsky.social, @cordeliamoore.bsky.social and @fvancesco.bsky.social moderated by @zeerak.bsky.social is starting now, you don't want to miss it!!

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We're just getting started with lightning talks from the remote attendees ⚡️⚡️

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The poster session is just getting started, you can find WOAH papers at boards 163-217!

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CSAM is something that happens among the young people and among the known people, it's not about a third external predator figure 🤯

Very eye-opening keynote by @katejsim.bsky.social #ACL2025NLP

Time for our second keynote 🚨

@fvancesco.bsky.social is going to guide us through practical aspects of safety that are often overlooked in academia.

Do we want to close the gap between academia and industry? Join us to find out!

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Our best theme paper goes to Mark J. Hill for "Catching Stray Balls: Football, fandom, and the impact on digital discourse".

This paper investigates how real-world events trigger toxic behaviour that spreads across unrelated online communities. Losses have a stronger impact than wins!

Algorithmic content moderation systems "reflect the systematic biases embedded in the very logic of the moderation, when the Silicon Valley equates incivility to toxic threats to ‘healthy’ online discussions, and equates ‘healthy’ conversations to the white, middle-class centric view of civility." 💥

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Our best paper award goes to Dayei Oh for "From civility to parity: Marxist-feminist ethics for context-aware algorithmic content moderation". Congratulations!

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Our first speaker is Cordelia Moore, who works on gender-based violence and sexual violence facilitated in digital spaces.

The 9th edition of the Workshop for Online Abuse and Harms is kicking off in Room 2.17 at #ACL2025NLP! We have a full program today, including 3 invited speakers, a panel discussion and a poster session. This year's workshop theme is Harms Beyond Hate Speech.

Today is the day! #ACL2025NLP

At #ACL2025NLP and on the job market (NLP + AI Safety) 💼

It's great to see growing interest in safety/alignment, but we often miss the social context.

Come to our @woahworkshop.bsky.social Friday to dive deeper into safe safety research!

A quiet token from the biggest @aclmeeting.bsky.social ⬇️

🥁 #WOAH2025 Speakers🥁

We are excited to announce an amazing panel of 3 speakers who will discuss our theme "Harms Beyond Hate Speech"

🗣️ @cordeliamoore.bsky.social
🗣️ @fvancesco.bsky.social
🗣️ @katejsim.bsky.social

Full details: www.workshopononlineabuse.com/keynotes.html

🤩 See you on August 1!

📢 #WOAH2025 invites non-archival submissions of relevant papers accepted to the ✨Findings of @aclmeeting.bsky.social✨

To present your Findings paper at #WOAH2025, complete the form by 📆June 10, 2025.

📝Form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Call For Papers The 9th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH) at ACL 2025.

📆 Reminder! 📆

🚀 The #WOAH2025 submission deadline is just over two weeks away! (April 18, 2025, Anywhere on Earth!)

🔗 CfP: workshopononlineabuse.com/cfp.html

We're excited to see your submissions! 🤩

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🚨 Deadline Extended! 🚨

We've extended the submission deadline to Friday, April 18, 2025 (AoE)!

Please share widely!

www.workshopononlineabuse.com/cfp.html

📆Reminder📆:

📭 The #WOAH2025 submission deadline is March 7, 2025, anywhere on Earth!

See CfP: workshopononlineabuse.com/cfp.html

Looking forward to your submissions! 🤩

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🚨 Exciting news! The call for papers is now OPEN for the 9th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (#WOAH2025) at #ACL2025 @aclmeeting.bsky.social in Vienna.

📆 Submission deadline: March 7, 2025
📄 Check out the CfP: www.workshopononlineabuse.com/cfp.html

Looking forward to your submissions! 🤩
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🥳We're excited to share that WOAH 2025, our 9th edition, will take place at #ACL2025 in Vienna! @aclmeeting.bsky.social

Our special theme this year will be "Harms Beyond Hate Speech".

CfP and more details soon 🚀