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dc.contributorUniversitat Ramon Llull. Facultat de Ciències de la Salut Blanquerna
dc.contributor.authorGhezzi, Pietro
dc.contributor.authorBannister, Peter G.
dc.contributor.authorCasino, Gonzalo, 1961-
dc.contributor.authorCatalani, Alessia
dc.contributor.authorGoldman, Michel
dc.contributor.authorMorley, Jessica
dc.contributor.authorNeunez, Marie
dc.contributor.authorPrados-Bo, Andreu
dc.contributor.authorSmeesters, Pierre R.
dc.contributor.authorTaddeo, Mariarosaria
dc.contributor.authorVanzolini, Tania
dc.contributor.authorFloridi, Luciano
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-22T16:52:47Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-12T12:05:03Z
dc.date.available2022-11-22T16:52:47Z
dc.date.available2023-07-12T12:05:03Z
dc.date.created2020-03-06
dc.date.issued2020-08-11
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/723
dc.description.abstractThe fact that Internet companies may record our personal data and track our online behavior for commercial or political purpose has emphasized aspects related to online privacy. This has also led to the development of search engines that promise no tracking and privacy. Search engines also have a major role in spreading low-quality health information such as that of anti-vaccine websites. This study investigates the relationship between search engines' approach to privacy and the scientific quality of the information they return. We analyzed the first 30 webpages returned searching “vaccines autism” in English, Spanish, Italian, and French. The results show that not only “alternative” search engines (Duckduckgo, Ecosia, Qwant, Swisscows, and Mojeek) but also other commercial engines (Bing, Yahoo) often return more anti-vaccine pages (10–53%) than Google.com (0%). Some localized versions of Google, however, returned more anti-vaccine webpages (up to 10%) than Google.com. Health information returned by search engines has an impact on public health and, specifically, in the acceptance of vaccines. The issue of information quality when seeking information for making health-related decisions also impact the ethical aspect represented by the right to an informed consent. Our study suggests that designing a search engine that is privacy savvy and avoids issues with filter bubbles that can result from user-tracking is necessary but insufficient; instead, mechanisms should be developed to test search engines from the perspective of information quality (particularly for health-related webpages) before they can be deemed trustworthy providers of public health information.
dc.format.extent7 p.cat
dc.language.isoengcat
dc.publisherFrontierscat
dc.relation.ispartofFrontiers in medicine, 2020, 7:400cat
dc.rights© L'autor/a
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.sourceRECERCAT (Dipòsit de la Recerca de Catalunya)
dc.subject.otherVacunescat
dc.subject.otherComunicació en medicinacat
dc.subject.otherCercadors d'Internetcat
dc.subject.otherDesinformaciócat
dc.titleOnline information of vaccines: information quality, not only privacy, is an ethical responsibility of search enginescat
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlecat
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioncat
dc.rights.accessLevelinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.embargo.termscapcat
dc.subject.udc070
dc.subject.udc61
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2020.00400cat


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