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Every year on and around 29 September, #FreeWebSearch Day brings people and organisations together to campaign for diverse, open and transparent internet search. The aim is to provide information about internet search and explain how it works. To encourage people to think about how important web search is for all of us today – and […]
The Search Engines and Society Network (SEASON) invites to the network’s first conference, taking place on 24 and 25 September 2025 at the University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg) in Hamburg. Following successful workshops organised by the network in Lund, Vienna, Hamburg and Birmingham, the format is now being expanded into a conference: the annual […]
At the sixth edition of the international Open Search Symposium #ossym24, the Open Search Foundation once again organised a dedicated session on the topic of ethics in Internet search with contributions from the field, current research topics and discussions. Learning from Wikimedia Nina Leseberg, Head of Communities & Engagement at Wikimedia Deutschland spoke in her […]
Researchers, experts and practitioners have until 1 March 2024 to submit scientific papers, practical experience reports and software demonstrations for the 6th International Open Search Symposium #ossym2024. The hybrid conference will take place online and at the LRZ, Munich, from 9 to 11 October 2024. All contributions on the topic of Open Search are welcome, […]
At the international Open Search Symposium 2023 from 4 to 6 October, researchers, tech experts and representatives from politics and industry discussed the foundations of human-centric, transparent and open internet search. Once again this year, there were a large number of presentations on social and ethical aspects of internet search: from global perspectives and cognitive […]
As part of #FreeWebSearch Day 2023, Christine Plote and Jasmin Tietgen from the Open Search Foundation e.V. will be hosting a webinar that will examine the ethical challenges associated with web search and provide guidance on enhancing safety and ethical practices in searching. They will provide concrete examples to illustrate the fundamental principles of web […]
Open access to online content is a prerequisite for freedom of information and democracy. #FreeWebSearch Day on 29 September is drawing attention to this worldwide. With campaigns and events, the day of action will highlight the importance of an open and fair web search and call for worldwide participation and commitment. A Global Call for […]
How can ethically responsible internet searches be organised? This question was at the centre of the three-day specialist group workshop in Berlin. At the beginning of August, members of the OSF’ Ethics Expert Group from Germany, Austria, the UK, Denmark and Switzerland met in person for the first time in Berlin to take an in-depth […]
The Open Search Foundation launched the Ethics in Search project in July. Funded by the Mercator Foundation, it aims to set ethical standards for transparent and fair web search and at the same time develop alternatives to the prevailing monoculture in the search engine market. Over the next two and a half years, values-based principles […]
A project of the Open Search Foundation e.V.
People first:
A values compass for internet search
Fair, transparent, diverse. This is what the future of internet search should be. That is why the Open Search Foundation is committed to creating a values-based, open web index and has launched the Expert Group and the #ethicsinsearch project.
The project #ethicsinsearch of the Open Search Foundation is funded by the Stiftung Mercator.
