USA - Google should no longer be considered a search engine, a place where you can freely lookup information. Google does not truly honor your search terms and does not provide honest results from around the World Wide Web. According to the Google handbook, Google reserves the right to de-list pages “that directly contradict well established scientific or medical consensus for queries seeking scientific or medical information, unless the query indicates the user is seeking an alternative viewpoint.”
The institutions and industries that influence Google can now use the search engine to censor out any contrarian or dissenting information that would dishevel their business interests. For instance, articles explaining the truth about chemotherapy or the dangers of psychiatric medication can be buried in Google’s “search engine” because the information “contradicts well established medical consensus.”
For these reasons, Google should be considered a manipulative propaganda machine. First, Google uses your search terms to learn more about you. The information that Google collects is used to target market information and products to their users. Second, Google manipulates what is presented to you (even in search results) to control the information that you read. This is akin to brainwashing. Any information that questions the “official story” can be buried, manipulating readers to accept the “official story” as true, even though science and historical fact are routinely manipulated to carry out an institution’s goals and protect those in power.