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Revolutionizing Multimodal Hate Speech Detection in Memes
Our latest research introduces Prompted Weak Supervision (PWS), a novel approach that significantly enhances the detection of homophobic and transphobic hate speech in multilingual memes. By decomposing complex meme understanding into targeted, question-based labeling functions, we achieve superior performance over direct VLM classification, particularly across diverse cultural and linguistic contexts.
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Prompted Weak Supervision (PWS) Framework
Our approach leverages a quantized Vision-Language Model (Qwen3-VLM) to answer targeted, question-based labeling functions (LFs). This method decomposes complex meme understanding into structured, interpretable features, moving beyond single-shot, end-to-end predictions. These features are then used to train a lightweight supervised classifier, demonstrating consistent outperformance against direct VLM methods. This decomposition enhances robustness and allows for fine-grained analysis of the model's reasoning.
Addressing Multilingual & Cultural Challenges
Detecting hate speech in memes is particularly challenging in multilingual and culturally diverse settings, where sarcasm, irony, and contextual cues vary significantly. Our PWS approach showed substantial performance gains for Chinese and Hindi, significantly outperforming direct VLM baselines. Analysis revealed that while some LFs identify language-agnostic signals, others reflect language-specific patterns and potential Western biases in initial LF design, underscoring the need for culturally adaptive strategies.
Iterative Refinement and Model Interpretability
The PWS pipeline includes iterative refinement through error-driven Labeling Function (LF) expansion (AddLF) and feature pruning (ImpPrune). AddLF added 30 new questions, improving results for Chinese and Hindi. ImpPrune, by removing the least important features, further optimized per-language performance. Feature importance analysis, visualized via UMAP, provided insights into which LFs drive predictions, revealing both redundant and complementary signals, and enhancing model interpretability.
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VLM Feature Extraction
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Iterative LF Refinement & Pruning
| Feature | Direct VLM (Baseline) | Prompted Weak Supervision (PWS) |
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| Macro-F1 (English) | 0.77 | 0.85 |
| Macro-F1 (Chinese) | 0.32 | 0.72 |
| Macro-F1 (Hindi) | 0.21 | 0.67 |
| Interpretability | Low (Black Box) | High (Question-level Insights) |
| Adaptability to Nuances | Limited | Enhanced (Targeted LFs) |
1st in English
Ranked highest for English hate speech detection in the LT-EDI 2026 shared task, demonstrating robust performance.
Impact of Iterative Refinement: Hindi Performance
Our iterative refinement process, particularly through ImpPrune, led to a substantial feature reduction for Hindi (from 89 to 33 features), yet still improved performance. This highlights how removing noisy or redundant labeling functions can significantly boost generalization and efficiency, even when working with complex multilingual data where initial LFs might carry biases. The refined model achieved a Macro-F1 of 0.67 for Hindi, a significant gain over the direct VLM baseline of 0.21, ranking 3rd overall in the shared task for the language.
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