SemEval-2020 Task 11: Detection of Propaganda Techniques in News Articles

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We present the results and the main findings of SemEval-2020 Task 11 on Detection of Propaganda Techniques in News Articles.

• The task featured two subtasks.
• Subtask SI is about Span Identification: given a plain-text document, spot the specific text fragments containing propaganda.
• Subtask TC is about Technique Classification: given a specific text fragment, in the context of a full document, determine the propaganda technique it uses, choosing from an inventory of 14 possible propaganda techniques.