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license: mit
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# BanTH: A Multi-label Hate Speech Detection Dataset for Transliterated Bangla
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## Dataset Overview
- Hate detection (binary) and target identification (multi-label) dataset on 37.3 k transliterated Bangla samples.
- ~38% hate samples and 7 target classes: Political, Religious, Gender, Personal Offense, Abusive/Violence, Origin, and Body Shaming.
- Sourced from 26 YouTube channels of 3 categories: News & Politics, People & Blogs, and Entertainment.
- Each sample is labeled by 3 annotators and verified by experts.
## Data Format
| **Column Title** | **Description** |
|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| `text_id` | Unique identifier for each text entry. |
| `text_content` | The actual transliterated Bangla text. |
| `hate label` | Indicates whether the text contains hate speech (Yes/No). |
| `political` | Flags political hate content (Yes/No). |
| `religious` | Flags religious hate content (Yes/No). |
| `gender` | Identifies gender-based hate content (Yes/No). |
| `personal offense` | Indicates if the text contains personal attacks (Yes/No). |
| `abusive` | Flags text with abusive language or can promote violence (Yes/No). |
| `origin` | Hate speech targeting someone's origin, e.g. race, nationality (Yes/No). |
| `body_shaming` | Identifies body-shaming content (Yes/No). |
| `BN` | Back-transliteration of the text content in Bangla. |
| `EN` | Translation of the text content in English. |