Ethical Safeguards in Autonomous Data Collection: Protecting Cultural Context and Privacy in Indigenous Language NLP

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Source
FUDMA Journal of Sciences
Published
10 Sep 2026
Authors
R. Osaseri, Agharase Rosemary Usiobaifo, Kaizer John Onyekachukwu

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The increasing dependence of Natural Language Processing (NLP) systems on large-scale textual datasets has intensified the use of automated data collection methods such as web scraping, crawling, and autonomous extraction pipelines. While these approaches improve scalability and support the development of Large Language Models (LLMs), they also raise important ethical concerns, particularly in indigenous and low-resource language contexts. Existing data collection systems primarily prioritize data availability and technical efficiency, often overlooking issues related to privacy, cultural sensitivity, consent, and community-centered governance. Consequently, automated pipelines may collect…

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