Tired of Google censorship - there is an alternative
Often we feel like we have no choice but to use Big Tech even though we do not want them:
- censoring the information we see
- tracking our online movements
- selling data ob us to advertisers
- and lets be honest - who knows what else they are up to.
After writing Who Will Google Silence Next?, I found myself feeling annoyed because I felt I had no choice but to use Google or an equally evil Big Tech competitor.
So I went searching and am excited to tell you about DuckDuckGo - a great search engine that says:
We don’t store your personal information. Ever.
Our privacy policy is simple: we don’t collect or share any of your personal information.
We don’t follow you around with ads.
We don’t store your search history. We therefore have nothing to sell to advertisers that track you across the internet.
We don’t track you in or out of private browsing mode.
Other search engines track your searches even when you’re in private browsing mode. We don’t track you — period.
Switch to DuckDuckGo and take back your privacy!
No tracking, no ad targeting, just searching.
We do not need regulation to stop Big Tech censorship - we need you to vote with your feet
On main street, you would take your business elsewhere. You can do the same to Big Tech to stop them censoring and monitoring us. Here are some suggestions:
- Switch from Google to DuckDuckGo
- Switch from Twitter to Gab.ai
- Switch from Facebook to Steemit
To win this #informationwar we need your help. To force BigTech to change - they have to feel the loss of users. So please switch today.
Curated for #informationwar (by @truthforce)
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Hi! Nice post. I've often used DuckDuckGo in place of google when I want to search for sensitive material. I knew that it doesn't track you or save your search history, and I love that about it. But i'm curious, are DDG search results completely uncensored? I haven't read them claim that anywhere. Thought maybe you'd know...
Excellent question - I do not know the answer.
I just assumed not given their no tracking/personal info policy. But since you asked I did some searching and found posts where DDG are saying they do not censor results.
While researching this answer I found this interesting article How to Live Without Google
But we know Google does via YouTube as explained in Who Will Google Silence Next?.
Plus Google's selective "Fact Checking" within search results is another form of censorship.
I have not observed either of these practices on DuckDuckGo
Thank you for looking the info up! Coincidentally, after I read your first unedited reply, I did a search myself and found the exact link you have now posted about DDG's censorship. Its a good page to understand why DDG's results are often not what one expects, or is used to.
Anyways thanks again for the informative post and reply.
Here, have an upvote and a follow :)
Ooops - thanks for letting me about that link error.
It is fixed now.