3 papers
cs.CY2026
Evidence of political bias in search engines and language models before major elections
Ãris Damião, Paulo Almeida, João Franco +3
Search engines (SEs) and large language models (LLMs) are central to political information access, yet their algorithmic decisions and potential underlying biases remain underexplo…
cs.CY2026
Cross-National Evidence of Disproportionate Media Visibility for the Radical Right in the 2024 European Elections
Ãris Damião, João Franco, Mariana Silva +3
This study provides a systematic comparative analysis of media visibility of different political families during the 2024 European Parliament elections. We analyzed close to 21,500…
cs.CY2025
Digital Gatekeeping: An Audit of Search Engine Results shows tailoring of queries on the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Ãris Damião, José M. Reis, Paulo Almeida +2
Search engines, often viewed as reliable gateways to information, tailor search results using customization algorithms based on user preferences, location, and more. While this can…