In recent months, some of the major blogs and YouTube videos have been de-platformed, de-monetized, or have seen Twitter or FB accounts suspended. Among those who have been censored are President Trump, the New York Post, Diamond and Silk, and Candace Owen.
Websites such as NewsBusters, MRCTV, CNSNews.com, The Washington Free Beacon, Breitbart, The Resurgent, Twitchy, RedState, PJ Media, Judicial Watch, The Blaze, Townhall, Project Veritas, LifeNews, PragerU, and The Daily Wire could not be found in an organic search via Google. Google later apologized via Twitter after fixing this so-called pre-election “bug.” (Source: Newsbusters report here)
Smaller blogs that I visit regularly, such as BookwormRoom and Blazing Cat Fur, have been blocked or do not come up on Google searches or Twitter feeds.
By comparison, the Cleveland Tea Party blog is a tiny one; most of what I post here is selected from conservative news aggregators and favorite bloggers and cartoonists. Even though this blog is small potatoes, it may be on Big Tech’s radar screen. Perhaps it is just coincidence, but in the last week, the daily traffic suddenly dropped by about 80%.
I no longer rely on Google searches to track down news and
reports. I either bookmark my go-to
blogs or use a non-Google search engine, such as Bing. I wonder if anyone will read this…
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