ToxiCheck

A Tool to Detect Cyberbullying and Check the Toxicity of Comments on Various Websites

About

ToxiCheck is a Google Chrome Extension which primarily targets software developer websites such as Github , detects cyberbullying on them, and provides toxicity reports on comments. Along with this , Toxicheck also assists the user in avoiding the use of toxic language by suggesting gentler alternatives as they type.

Demo Video

Technical Details

Models used -

1. Toxic-BERT [1]
2. BART-base-detox [1] [2]

UI -

1. Vanilla JS
2. Chart JS

Flow Diagrams

Working of the Bullying Classifier (Text Blurring Mechanism)

Working of the Autosuggestor (Suggestion Mechanism)

Major Features

Toxicity Chart

Autosuggestor feature

Features for Github

Toxicity charts for Github

The Autosuggestor for Github

Instructions

1. Clone the repository
2. Enter the directory Toxicheck and type

$ npm install

3. Edit the bearer token inside the app.js file with your huggingface (write enabled) token.
4. Go to chrome browser and type

chrome://extensions/

5. Click on Load Unpacked option and browse to the folder Toxicheck and select it.
6. Enable/Reload the extension
7. Navigate to the websites you wish