5 papers
Prompt Revision as a Source of Cultural Bias in Text-to-Image Systems
Aleksandra Urman, Elsa Lichtenegger, Salima Jaoua +7
Commercial text-to-image systems silently revise user prompts before generating images, a step users typically cannot disable or even see. Yet, existing audits of cultural bias exa…
WEIRD Audits? Research Trends, Linguistic and Geographical Disparities in the Algorithm Audits of Online Platforms -- A Systematic Literature Review
Aleksandra Urman, Mykola Makhortykh, Aniko Hannak
The increasing reliance on complex algorithmic systems by online platforms has sparked a growing need for algorithm auditing, a methodology evaluating these systems' functionality…
Dynamics of toxic behavior in the Covid-19 vaccination debate
Azza Bouleimen, Nicolò Pagan, Stefano Cresci +2
In this paper, we study the behavior of users on Online Social Networks in the context of Covid-19 vaccines in Italy. We identify two main polarized communities: Provax and Novax.…
User Attitudes to Content Moderation in Web Search
Aleksandra Urman, Aniko Hannak, Mykola Makhortykh
Internet users highly rely on and trust web search engines, such as Google, to find relevant information online. However, scholars have documented numerous biases and inaccuracies…
User's Reaction Patterns in Online Social Network Communities
Azza Bouleimen, Nicolò Pagan, Stefano Cresci +3
Several one-fits-all intervention policies were introduced by the Online Social Networks (OSNs) platforms to mitigate potential harms. Nevertheless, some studies showed the limited…