For the people who have not yet decided on a search engine. The most EU way you can go is Ecosia or Qwant as they are building their own search index.

Ecosia is my personal pick as its also aimed at planting trees and they have quite a good browser alongside it.

  • Rene Raggl@mastodon.nl
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    @JasSmith And you fall in trap many intelligent people fall into… just because YOU may be qualified to discern what is lie and what is truth and know how to verify sources properly, does not mean that the majority of people does and that is where we need legislation to take the helm to prevent greater damage to society as a whole.

    “The masses have no habit of self-reliance or original action”

    • JasSmith@sh.itjust.works
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      6 hours ago

      It’s a perfectly valid ideological divide here, so I can’t tell you you’re “wrong.” I would argue that in order to believe that democracy is valid, one must subscribe to the belief in individual agency. That is, the ability for people to make rational decisions about not only themselves, but their society. If one believes that, they should believe that the same people must have access to as much knowledge as they wish - especially if it’s from the guys who oppose the current people in power. Democracy fails to function if the people in power can suppress criticism.