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machine learning identified taboos
domestic politics
Haunted houses no longer taboo for desperate Hong Kong singer Anthony Wong scores hit with Tiananmen song.
But does the West know it? Look at Hong Kong. Hong Kong’s young democrats have looked for support from the...
Read moreIn South Korea, Holland’s decision to come out is unusual.
In South Korea's glitzy, highly manufactured music industry, these kinds of scenes are not uncommon. Homophobia is still rife in South...
Read moreThe 3-letter word that’s still taboo in the spring of his career.
Now cancer-free, the 23-year-old wants to highlight the lack of awareness and dangerous taboos about cancer that still exist in...
Read moreDurex condom brand’s new ad campaign on female orgasm has triggered debate on a taboo in Pakistan?. Startup Founders See Cultural Taboo As Opportunity.
Baloch females were never allowed to perform in films because it is considered socially taboo in society. Such films are very...
Read moreTattoos should not be taboo
«In the last few years, tattooing’s gone absolutely berserk.» That’s George Bone’s take on what he sees as the mainstream...
Read moreAustralia feared that the new regional body would be used to attack our migration policies
Central Australian Youth Link Up Service provides a tailor-made menstrual hygiene guide to help young women navigate their menstrual cycle...
Read moreLivingston boxing show aiming to raise mental health Kanye West’s Struggle with Bipolar Disorder: Breaking the Taboo?
Millennials are helping to destigmatize two taboo topics in hopes of eliciting change: money and mental health. High's and Lo-Fi's features...
Read moreAustralian arrested in Japan for 12 Centuries.
The very idea of such leave is considered taboo: In Japan, such criticism is referred to as "pata-hara," or paternity...
Read moreMillions lying to partners about money doesn’t have to make us cringe.
What rules shaped humanity's original social networks? Researchers in Japan developed new mathematical models to understand what conditions produced traditional...
Read moreMacron finally breaks the taboo around French colonial past
He had the courage, at a time when Algeria is changing and opening up, to tackle a taboo. At a time...
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Breaking The Silence
Breaking The Silence uses machine learning methods to understand what are the contemporary taboo topics. It aims to highlight and bring to focus what topics are currently discussed as taboos. The generated summarizations underline the different topics discussed at different times and additionally the arguments for the creation, maintenance, or destruction of a taboo. Learn more.