Search Engine Censorship

[wtxbadger]

Simple test for your preferred search engine, try searching for "Cecil B DeMille Christian" and see if yours gives you a drop down to refine your search. Here are my results.

[Bob Riebe]

Put Christian first then his name.

I learned a long time ago, word order in a search can make a world of difference.

[wtxbadger]

Okay and here's the results of the modified query.

[DDZ]

DuckDuckGo used to be mostly uncensored, but over the last couple of years I think it has become more censored. Its still better than most, but eventually it will be like Google. 

[Bob Riebe]

It worked for me.

[ironglow]

 Don't know, here is what I got, by typing in cecil b Demille, christian. !  I did place a comma between demille and christian..

    https://www.google.com/search?q=cecil+b+demille%2C+christian&sxsrf=AB5stBhZJSb_0BzZWn1S2J9UsEfOPQf1bw%3A1691355082906&ei=ygfQZObcNoKp5NoPrruD6AI&ved=0ah

[Ranger99]

Using the computers at the library
( that is, before the entire city computer
network got hacked and is still
disabled by ransomware)
if you tried to look up anything to do with
cutlery or firearms, it would give you the
dreaded red message that whatever you
were looking for was deemed inappropriate
and you'd have to start all over.
Doesn't stop the school kids from looking
at social media sites where they're stealing
cars, or flash mobbing stores and walking
out with boxes of nikes or electronics, etc.
or nekkid tik tok stuff. Seen em do it, and
the librarians act like you didn't say anything.
Of course, the restrooms are now pronoun
friendly and you go into whichever one you
identify with that day. Never thought I'd
see tampons and such in the men's restroom

Oh well.  .  . .

[ironglow]

" Never thought I'd see tampons and such in the men's restroom."


   Are those tampons..or are they something for the nutcases to stuff in their ears, to keep their brains from leaking out ?

[wtxbadger]

What seems different is that a different subject/word or words I type in I immediately get a drop down with suggestions to refine my search. This one has me puzzled somewhat on why this happens with my original search and I'm curious if this is actual censorship or an anomaly.

Years back I worked as a database admin using SQL to manage the data and query different sets of information for reports provided to different departments. It required very specific knowledge of the different tables/info in the system and took some training/learning and experience to get the information you needed to retrieve.

A web based search engine should not function that way and should at least provide some suggestions relevant to your query. This didn't happen with my initial search and that is interesting and at the same time bothers me because it seems to indicate either a bug in google's algorithm which seems unlikely or a bias imposed on searches that don't meet the approval of a programmer or management.

[Mule 11]

Yeah, if you are using lefty search engines, expect a hiccup when wanting fact...

[Dee]

Haven't used Google in a long time.

[TrumpWon]

[Dee]

Another productive incite from Kenny the troll.

[moamonkey]

“Are those tampons..or are they something for the nutcases to stuff in their ears, to keep their brains from leaking out?”

Might be stuffing ‘em in to fill the hole where their brains have already leaked out.