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We got a problem guys. Search engines are not helpful anymore (r.50501.chat)

submitted 14 hours ago by FiftyFiftyOne to c/Mirror

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For the third day in a row I’ve been asked for sources on various topics, and I know many things and articles I’ve seen over the course of the last few months.

Lately when I try to search to bring them back up they’re gone in search results. Replaced with pages upon pages of pro Trump messaging. I tried to find the multitudes of articles about ww2 vets still alive admonishing the administration for their clear nazi ties.

Now all I can find for 8 pages is a flood of articles about a ww2 vet speaking at the RNC saying he’ll fight for Trump to the very end to thunderous applause. Every, single article.

Even duck duck go is getting washed out with pro Trump results when I look for all the articles detailing resistance

This looks bad. They’re rewriting the last six months.

Do I think it’ll work? Not on me, or any of us. The but the average person will be influenced by shit like this when they try to research anything about what’s going on. It’s literally been harder and harder to find anything of real value on Google or any search engine anymore

Anyone have one that isn’t forcing these results?

Make sure you download critical videos and archive articles. Screenshots if you have to. We’re losing our grip on the information networks

Originally Posted By u/TehMephs At 2025-09-22 10:31:23 AM | Source

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[–] Hatshepsut@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

Read about SearXNG Search on same site is here

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Kagi too?

[–] Captainautism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 hours ago

Hey, I found the other Kagi user! These alarmists never consider Kagi, unfortunately.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz -2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

This is such a schizo post. Why would American ww2 vets have Nazi ties? You'd be able to immediately tell because their name would be Hans Richter.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Fun experiment: set your VPN to the US and try it yourself.

You'll find that Google is basically useless if nothing else. DDG isn't much better. I don't know about Trumpist propaganda but they're certainly frequently irrelevant.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 7 hours ago

Sure give me a link and a search that I can search inside us and outside us to see the difference. Also keep in mind that results are algorithmically sorted based on country and might not be getting intervened with.