3 papers
cs.CY2026
Auditing the Impact of Cross-Site Web Tracking on YouTube Political and Misinformation Recommendations
Salim Chouaki, Savaiz Nazir, Sandra Siby
YouTube has today become the primary news source for many users, which raises concerns about the role its recommendation algorithm can play in the spread of misinformation and poli…
cs.CY2023
Understanding the Privacy Risks of Popular Search Engine Advertising Systems
Salim Chouaki, Oana Goga, Hamed Haddadi +1
We present the first extensive measurement of the privacy properties of the advertising systems used by privacy-focused search engines. We propose an automated methodology to study…
cs.CY2022
Exploring the Online Micro-targeting Practices of Small, Medium, and Large Businesses
Salim Chouaki, Islem Bouzenia, Oana Goga +1
Facebook and other advertising platforms exploit users data for marketing purposes by allowing advertisers to select specific users and target them (the practice is being called mi…