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Where the Earth is flat and 9/11 is an inside job: A comparative algorithm audit of conspiratorial information in web search results
Aleksandra Urman, Mykola Makhortykh, Roberto Ulloa +1
Web search engines are important online information intermediaries that are frequently used and highly trusted by the public despite multiple evidence of their outputs being subjec…
Comparing the Language of QAnon-related content on Parler, Gab, and Twitter
Andrea Sipka, Aniko Hannak, Aleksandra Urman
Parler, a "free speech" platform popular with conservatives, was taken offline in January 2021 due to the lack of moderation of hateful and QAnon- and other conspiracy-related cont…
Detecting race and gender bias in visual representation of AI on web search engines
Mykola Makhortykh, Aleksandra Urman, Roberto Ulloa
Web search engines influence perception of social reality by filtering and ranking information. However, their outputs are often subjected to bias that can lead to skewed represent…
Auditing Source Diversity Bias in Video Search Results Using Virtual Agents
Aleksandra Urman, Mykola Makhortykh, Roberto Ulloa
We audit the presence of domain-level source diversity bias in video search results. Using a virtual agent-based approach, we compare outputs of four Western and one non-Western se…
You Are How (and Where) You Search? Comparative Analysis of Web Search Behaviour Using Web Tracking Data
Aleksandra Urman, Mykola Makhortykh
We conduct a comparative analysis of desktop web search behaviour of users from Germany (n=558) and Switzerland (n=563) based on a combination of web tracking and survey data. We f…
The Matter of Chance: Auditing Web Search Results Related to the 2020 U.S. Presidential Primary Elections Across Six Search Engines
Aleksandra Urman, Mykola Makhortykh, Roberto Ulloa
We examine how six search engines filter and rank information in relation to the queries on the U.S. 2020 presidential primary elections under the default - that is nonpersonalized…