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[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's definitely this.

Boris Johnson did a super awkward interview where he talked about how he "loved painting models as kids, especially buses, red buses" so that he might bleed a little of the search results for "Boris johnson red bus" so that the massive lie he was caught wouldn't spread as wide. They know it doesn't stop the thing, but it affects it and they're not afraid of being laughed at, so...