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Google Censorship?????

jimd_21

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Mar 4, 2010
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185
Location
Blackfoot, Idaho, USA
I am a member and open carry as often as possible. I read the forum updates daily. I use google to watch posted video of open carry encounters. Until today! My normal google search did not return the same results. I tried different terms to get the video's i am use to seeing, but they never showed. Is it just me or has someone else had the same issue?
 

Daylen

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Aug 29, 2010
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Location
America
not censorship, but tailoring of results by person, location etc. I've noticed the opposite, when I search gun related things pop up alot.
 

enigmamdw

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Nov 24, 2011
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Location
Ocean View, Va
I have until recently searched for snipers hide forums using google. Yesterday when I did the same I got a "unsafe link" page when following the google provided hit. I bypassed it and had no problems. Don't know if this isolated incident or not. It sounds ominously similar to your recent experience.
 
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Herr Heckler Koch

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I use G00gle through an intermediary that strips all of the personally identifiable material from a search request - thus depriving G00gle of the grist for their mill. The intermediary is being regularly blocked recently. G00gle is feeling the pressure.
 

Jack House

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Jun 12, 2010
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I80, USA
Much ado about nothing. Many sites are flagged erroneously as being unsafe. In fact, Google once flagged the entire internet as being unsafe.

Sometimes it's just a coding mistake. Other times it's a site that has had unsafe content associated with it. Maybe a troll posted a lot of malware links in the comments or similar and a google bot discovered them. So the site is then automatically flagged.

Posted using my HTC Evo
 
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