Scott A. Hale
@computermacgyver.bsky.social
Associate Professor @oiioxford.bsky.social & Director of Research
@meedan.・widening access to quality info・multilingualism・mobilization・NLP・agenda setting
@meedan.・widening access to quality info・multilingualism・mobilization・NLP・agenda setting
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Our paper is out! 🎉
As part of my research at @oii.ox.ac.uk under the supervision of @rocher.lc and @computermacgyver.bsky.social, I built a language model to help human rights analysts crowdsource reports of gun violence.
The paper was recently published at ACM CSCW 👇
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
As part of my research at @oii.ox.ac.uk under the supervision of @rocher.lc and @computermacgyver.bsky.social, I built a language model to help human rights analysts crowdsource reports of gun violence.
The paper was recently published at ACM CSCW 👇
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Into the Crossfire: Evaluating the Use of a Language Model to Crowdsource Gun Violence Reports | Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Gun violence is a pressing human rights issue that affects nearly every dimension
of the social fabric, from healthcare and education to psychology and the economy.
Reliable data on firearm events is ...
dl.acm.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Our paper is out! 🎉
As part of my research at @oii.ox.ac.uk under the supervision of @rocher.lc and @computermacgyver.bsky.social, I built a language model to help human rights analysts crowdsource reports of gun violence.
The paper was recently published at ACM CSCW 👇
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
As part of my research at @oii.ox.ac.uk under the supervision of @rocher.lc and @computermacgyver.bsky.social, I built a language model to help human rights analysts crowdsource reports of gun violence.
The paper was recently published at ACM CSCW 👇
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
I'm humbled to have been selected as the next director of @oii.ox.ac.uk . I look forward to working with colleagues and friends to shape the next saga in our department's story
Exciting news for the OII! We’re delighted to announce that @computermacgyver.bsky.social will be our new Director and @kathryneccles.bsky.social our Deputy Director from January 2026. bit.ly/3JssF0q 1/3
OII | New leadership at the Oxford Internet Institute
The OII is pleased to announce Dr Scott A. Hale appointed as its next Director, and Dr Kathryn Eccles as Deputy Director.
bit.ly
October 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I'm humbled to have been selected as the next director of @oii.ox.ac.uk . I look forward to working with colleagues and friends to shape the next saga in our department's story
Reposted by Scott A. Hale
Social media platforms operate globally, but do they allocate human moderation equitably across languages?
Our new WP shows the answer is no:
-Millions of users post in languages with zero moderators
-Where mods exist, mod count relative to content volume varies widely across langs
osf.io/amfws
Our new WP shows the answer is no:
-Millions of users post in languages with zero moderators
-Where mods exist, mod count relative to content volume varies widely across langs
osf.io/amfws
August 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Social media platforms operate globally, but do they allocate human moderation equitably across languages?
Our new WP shows the answer is no:
-Millions of users post in languages with zero moderators
-Where mods exist, mod count relative to content volume varies widely across langs
osf.io/amfws
Our new WP shows the answer is no:
-Millions of users post in languages with zero moderators
-Where mods exist, mod count relative to content volume varies widely across langs
osf.io/amfws
Reposted by Scott A. Hale
🏆 Thrilled to share that our HateDay paper has received an Outstanding Paper Award at #ACL2025
Big thanks to my wonderful co-authors: @deeliu97.bsky.social, Niyati, @computermacgyver.bsky.social, Sam, Victor, and @paul-rottger.bsky.social!
Thread 👇and data avail at huggingface.co/datasets/man...
Big thanks to my wonderful co-authors: @deeliu97.bsky.social, Niyati, @computermacgyver.bsky.social, Sam, Victor, and @paul-rottger.bsky.social!
Thread 👇and data avail at huggingface.co/datasets/man...
July 31, 2025 at 8:05 AM
🏆 Thrilled to share that our HateDay paper has received an Outstanding Paper Award at #ACL2025
Big thanks to my wonderful co-authors: @deeliu97.bsky.social, Niyati, @computermacgyver.bsky.social, Sam, Victor, and @paul-rottger.bsky.social!
Thread 👇and data avail at huggingface.co/datasets/man...
Big thanks to my wonderful co-authors: @deeliu97.bsky.social, Niyati, @computermacgyver.bsky.social, Sam, Victor, and @paul-rottger.bsky.social!
Thread 👇and data avail at huggingface.co/datasets/man...
Using #LLMs to improve claim matching and #misinformation response. Come see our poster at #ACL2025NLP now (#430) or read the paper.
aclanthology.org/2025.finding...
aclanthology.org/2025.finding...
July 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Using #LLMs to improve claim matching and #misinformation response. Come see our poster at #ACL2025NLP now (#430) or read the paper.
aclanthology.org/2025.finding...
aclanthology.org/2025.finding...
If you missed this presentation, check out the paper here:
aclanthology.org/2025.acl-lon...
aclanthology.org/2025.acl-lon...
July 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
If you missed this presentation, check out the paper here:
aclanthology.org/2025.acl-lon...
aclanthology.org/2025.acl-lon...
Overview of OII #ACL2025 presentations at the link below. Please say hi if you're here
www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
July 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Overview of OII #ACL2025 presentations at the link below. Please say hi if you're here
www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
Reposted by Scott A. Hale
The worst happened. We were DOGE’d. Our NSF funding is gone.
So now there’s nothing stopping me from sharing Expert Voices Together, a crisis response system for US-based researchers and journalists facing harassment.
It's a true passion project. 🧵 1/
expertvoicestogether.org
So now there’s nothing stopping me from sharing Expert Voices Together, a crisis response system for US-based researchers and journalists facing harassment.
It's a true passion project. 🧵 1/
expertvoicestogether.org
May 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The worst happened. We were DOGE’d. Our NSF funding is gone.
So now there’s nothing stopping me from sharing Expert Voices Together, a crisis response system for US-based researchers and journalists facing harassment.
It's a true passion project. 🧵 1/
expertvoicestogether.org
So now there’s nothing stopping me from sharing Expert Voices Together, a crisis response system for US-based researchers and journalists facing harassment.
It's a true passion project. 🧵 1/
expertvoicestogether.org
Reposted by Scott A. Hale
📈Out today in @PNASNews!📈
In a large pre-registered experiment (n=25,982), we find evidence that scaling the size of LLMs yields sharply diminishing persuasive returns for static political messages.
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In a large pre-registered experiment (n=25,982), we find evidence that scaling the size of LLMs yields sharply diminishing persuasive returns for static political messages.
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March 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
📈Out today in @PNASNews!📈
In a large pre-registered experiment (n=25,982), we find evidence that scaling the size of LLMs yields sharply diminishing persuasive returns for static political messages.
🧵:
In a large pre-registered experiment (n=25,982), we find evidence that scaling the size of LLMs yields sharply diminishing persuasive returns for static political messages.
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Reposted by Scott A. Hale
Can we detect #hatespeech at scale on social media?
To answer this, we introduce 🤬HateDay🗓️, a global hate speech dataset representative of a day on Twitter.
The answer: not really! Detection perf is low and overestimated by traditional eval methods
arxiv.org/abs/2411.15462
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To answer this, we introduce 🤬HateDay🗓️, a global hate speech dataset representative of a day on Twitter.
The answer: not really! Detection perf is low and overestimated by traditional eval methods
arxiv.org/abs/2411.15462
🧵
November 26, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Can we detect #hatespeech at scale on social media?
To answer this, we introduce 🤬HateDay🗓️, a global hate speech dataset representative of a day on Twitter.
The answer: not really! Detection perf is low and overestimated by traditional eval methods
arxiv.org/abs/2411.15462
🧵
To answer this, we introduce 🤬HateDay🗓️, a global hate speech dataset representative of a day on Twitter.
The answer: not really! Detection perf is low and overestimated by traditional eval methods
arxiv.org/abs/2411.15462
🧵