So I absolutely wouldn’t trust it for anything related to politics or Russian interests. Maybe it’s okay from a privacy and non-Russian interest perspective though, idk, but by default I don’t trust it because Russia is so repressive against media in its country.
That said, it seems as if it’s just reducing the search ranking for Russian “disinformation,” not removing results. That’s annoying, but not as troublesome as Yandex or Google. BTW, I found all of those links through DDG, so it’s not like they’re trying to hide anything.
I don’t see how that has anything to do with Yandex altering search results.
You trust Google a lot
Not sure what you mean…
I trust Google’s security at least as much as other phone manufacturers in the space, I don’t trust their data collection. They’re an ad company, so they stand to gain by having people trust their security, provided that doesn’t interfere with their data collection.
Are you a western liberal by any chance?
Depends on your definition of liberal. I do live in the west, and I do ascribe in Liberalism, but not in what most people today call “liberal.”
zero reason to trust western media that loves Zionism and genocide
That’s pretty charged language.
For your information, I try to get my news from a variety of sources. Some of my favorites are:
Al Jazeera - especially on world events, not so much on middle-east events (esp. the Israel-Palestine war)
The Guardian
Reuters
Reason
NPR
BBC
Wall Street Journal
I’m not a fan of Zionism, but I also dislike Hamas. I’d like to see Israel get sanctioned for war crimes, but also Hamas eliminated as a terrorist organization.
I should also be able to post Russian sources on western propaganda
Sure, by all means, as long as their source their claims. However, there is lots of documentation of Russia interfering with its media that I’m going to be a bit more skeptical vs a more peer-reviewed publication, especially while Russia is involved in an unpopular war.
I’m not saying other countries don’t interfere with their media as well, and things like wikileaks are important to help keep all governments honest.
You are trying to poke the bear
Are you essentially saying you’re a Russian shill? I just think that’s an interesting choice of words, considering the context.
I’m not sure what you’re trying to insinuate with Reddit vs Lemmy, please elaborate.
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Do Russia have some fuck up law like USA that the government can access the data of Russian’s companies?
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Thanks for the tip. I’m gonna give it a try
Yeah, Yandex censors quite a bit, at least since the war with Ukraine:
And Yandex altered results to trash Navalny.
But at least they have a banner when they’re likely censoring stuff.
So I absolutely wouldn’t trust it for anything related to politics or Russian interests. Maybe it’s okay from a privacy and non-Russian interest perspective though, idk, but by default I don’t trust it because Russia is so repressive against media in its country.
As for DuckDuckGo, here’s what I found:
That said, it seems as if it’s just reducing the search ranking for Russian “disinformation,” not removing results. That’s annoying, but not as troublesome as Yandex or Google. BTW, I found all of those links through DDG, so it’s not like they’re trying to hide anything.
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You’re going to need to provide some proof of that.
Here’s the media bias factcheck for RSF, it’s rated as mostly neutral, high factual reporting, and no failed fact checks in the last 5 years.
I don’t see how that has anything to do with Yandex altering search results.
Not sure what you mean…
I trust Google’s security at least as much as other phone manufacturers in the space, I don’t trust their data collection. They’re an ad company, so they stand to gain by having people trust their security, provided that doesn’t interfere with their data collection.
Depends on your definition of liberal. I do live in the west, and I do ascribe in Liberalism, but not in what most people today call “liberal.”
That’s pretty charged language.
For your information, I try to get my news from a variety of sources. Some of my favorites are:
I’m not a fan of Zionism, but I also dislike Hamas. I’d like to see Israel get sanctioned for war crimes, but also Hamas eliminated as a terrorist organization.
Sure, by all means, as long as their source their claims. However, there is lots of documentation of Russia interfering with its media that I’m going to be a bit more skeptical vs a more peer-reviewed publication, especially while Russia is involved in an unpopular war.
I’m not saying other countries don’t interfere with their media as well, and things like wikileaks are important to help keep all governments honest.
Are you essentially saying you’re a Russian shill? I just think that’s an interesting choice of words, considering the context.
I’m not sure what you’re trying to insinuate with Reddit vs Lemmy, please elaborate.
I would not use anything in Russia as Russia isn’t a democracy and does not allow freedom of the press
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The world is truly bazaar