Hermela Berehan Benyam

University of Michigan

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Constitutional AI & AI Ethics (1)Natural Language Processing (1)Recommendation & Information Retrieval (1)

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Apr 30, 2026

BAIR3w ago·also CMU ML, American University of Central Asia, UMich

Empire Amplifier: Uncovering and Contesting the Prioritization of Colonial Content on Platforms Through Community-Informed Algorithmic Auditing

YouTube's recommendation algorithm pushes Kyrgyz children towards Russian-language content, even when they signal a preference for their native tongue, effectively amplifying colonial influence.

Nel Escher, Bakyt Yrysov, B. Yrysov +4

Constitutional AI & AI Ethics Natural Language Processing Recommendation & Information Retrieval

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Hermela Berehan Benyam

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