> There's a one smoldering on in Germany[2], but it's getting almost no press - most probably because Google are suppressing any mention of it in their results

> There's a one smoldering on in Germany[2], but it's getting almost no press - most probably because Google are suppressing any mention of it in their results or in Google News (Crazy? Maybe, but you can't disprove this either). I agree with a number of things in your post, but I don't think this is a likely explanation. A couple of months ago, a German newspaper published some data about their traffic sources[1], showing that 20% of their visitors came from Google. Some others released similar data (see the linked thread - note that it's mostly in German). I don't think that's anywhere near enough to effectively suppress these reports (though the whole echo chamber thing is a problem of its own), so I don't think it'd be worth it for them to even try and risk possible legal ramifications. I think the more likely explanation is that just about no one cares, which is much more worrisome. [1]: https://twitter.com/zeitonline/status/781779996473958401 https://twitter.com/zeitonline/status/781779996473958401