Codes of conduct for algorithmic news recommendation: the Yandex.News controversy in Russia
Journal: HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
Year: 2021

In Russia, since 2011, the Yandex.News aggregator (Yandex.Novosti) — the Russian equivalent to Google News — has been suspected of political bias in the context of protests against electoral fraud followed by the Ukrainian crisis. This article first outlines the issues associated with automated news recommendation systems, their role as “algorithmic gatekeepers” and the questions they raise in terms of news diversity and possible manipulation. It then analyses the controversies which have develo