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They are probably trying to reduce "misinformation" by removing most of the web from their index. With AI, they could just ask bard, "does this website contain

They are probably trying to reduce "misinformation" by removing most of the web from their index. With AI, they could just ask bard, "does this website contain any information that would be considered misinformation?" and then just ban it. If you want "misinformation," or to just search the web like it's the mid 2000s, you can use http://Yandex.com http://Yandex.com. They do a pretty good job on controversial queries. Google has gotten so political that they even have this "results are changing rapidly" page they return when there's been some new political hot topic that they haven't gotten the commissars at headquarters to weigh in on yet as to what's going to be the official narrative.[1] [1]https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/25/22550430/google-search-results-changing-quickly-warning-breaking-news https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/25/22550430/google-search-re...

Atlas22 3y ago
Nice try FBI. In all seriousness though, has it actually gotten so bad that yandex of all search engines is less censored? Or is it just less censored when it comes to topics controversial to the US (and not russia)? The fact that so much censoring is going on that google has a "hold on while we censor this" page is insane.
- philsnow 3y ago
  > google has a "hold on while we censor this" page a what now?
account42 3y ago
Yandex is also censored but in the other direction. Probably does censor less than Google but enough that you shouldn't rely on it alone for topics that involve Russia. Their index is also limited in general when it comes to non-russian content. But it does return many things that Google would rather you not see so it is invaluable if you want to get the full picture. Yandex image search also has an infinitely better interface, linking your directly to image sources and not being full of links to sites that want you to sign up before showing anything like Google is. It's still not perfect and IME often groups images to agressively which effectively hides "similar" results.

Atlas22 3y ago

Nice try FBI. In all seriousness though, has it actually gotten so bad that yandex of all search engines is less censored? Or is it just less censored when it comes to topics controversial to the US (and not russia)? The fact that so much censoring is going on that google has a "hold on while we censor this" page is insane.

philsnow 3y ago
> google has a "hold on while we censor this" page a what now?

account42 3y ago

Yandex is also censored but in the other direction. Probably does censor less than Google but enough that you shouldn't rely on it alone for topics that involve Russia. Their index is also limited in general when it comes to non-russian content. But it does return many things that Google would rather you not see so it is invaluable if you want to get the full picture. Yandex image search also has an infinitely better interface, linking your directly to image sources and not being full of links to sites that want you to sign up before showing anything like Google is. It's still not perfect and IME often groups images to agressively which effectively hides "similar" results.