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There are many other sites coming up with the same problem, its not just about vaccine issues.

BUT…This is not the issue with this particular part of the site. It’s the PDF inline viewer which is causing the phishing alert, not the content. Just click on the "Unsafe Content" button and it gives you the details. Not all parts of the site give this error, just the PDF inline viewer by PDFjs.

I blogged about this which includes screenshots, links and information relating to an improperly configured Wordpress plugin that site is using.

https://pelicannotes.blogspot.com/2021/11/microsofts-edge-browser-censors-vaccine.html

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Interesting. I will make an up front edit. Thank you for taking the step to contact me about the general problem. Perhaps I've seen so much censorship that I've become jumpy about it.

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I stopped trusting Google in 2016 and switched to DuckDuckGo. But... I searched on “Gavin Newsome palsy” when the alleged reports of an AE for his booster recently came out and got about six relevant results. Then I found I had misspelled his name. So then I searched (correcting my spelling) with “Gavin Newsom palsy” and got ZERO relevant results. Hmmmm!

So the moral of the story is to be careful assuming DuckDuckGo plays it straight either.

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I have noticed DuckDuckGo's decline in quality, myself.

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There was an experiment someone ran where they sent applications to DuckDuckGo with the same qualifications except one was something like a gender queer minority woman (look up the specifics if you want), and you can guess which one got a response from DuckDuckGo

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Somewhere I read that DuckDuckGo licenses its search results from Microsoft, so it's really using Bing results. I haven't looked into it myself.

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yandex.com

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Based in Russia. Might be interesting to see how its results compare.

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Nice pick up. Everything Bill Gates has his hands in is toxic; if not for the fortunes he pours into media outlets he would have been exposed for the evil dirtbag he is long ago. Bill Gates makes J. D. Rockefeller look like a Boy Scout and fitting heir for carrying the eugenics torch. Science debate has never been part of the strategy and the only thing that's a surprise is that the censorship is now obvious.

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Bill Gates is the reincarnation of J. D. Rockefeller. According to the "news" on the Edge browser, Ukraine and NATO won, Putin died (of cancer or something), and Russia ran out of all ammunition and troops and collapsed nearly a year ago.

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Nov 21, 2021Liked by Mathew Crawford

Did you save a copy? I download all pdf papers immediately to preserve the information in case no longer available later. We saw what happened to Dr. Rose's and Dr. McCullough's paper.

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I discovered the very same article and block a few weeks ago. Had the same thought - censorship. Interesting that it’s the PDF inline viewer.

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https://www.faganfinder.com/

Lists a lot of search engines

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Thank you, looks like a useful compilation. Do you have other suggestions for research tools?

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Alas I do not. I would happily hear yours. I'm just lost in the internet of today.

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You are wise to be skeptical. The Censorship Cartel is actively involved censoring every aspect of digital information:

Gates'/Microsoft's C2PA.org - "Collaboration with chipmakers, news organizations, and software and platform companies."

While the 'Trusted' News Initiative (TNI) coordinates global media censorship.

And Pharma is involved as well.

https://twitter.com/JorJorWell/status/1412088832401588225?s=20

Also, an interesting take on DuckDuckGo from 'Jason Taylor' - titled "How anonymous is DuckDuckGo?"2nd answer on this page.

https://www.quora.com/Is-it-true-that-DuckDuckgo-uses-Google-search-servers-and-algorithms-instead-of-proprietary-ones

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DON'T use google stuff.

On a laptop I use windows 10 and Brave and Opera browsers. I use Opera for its free vpn.

On mint linux, I use Opera and Firefox.

I use DDG and Bing search engines.

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Some sites you visit wont be autocompleted in msedge when you enter them into the address bar. theres a ton of other mechanisms that destroy net neutrality. shame.

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Here's an update on the Edge browser that seems to have built in censorship goals.

"Microsoft has blocked EdgeDeflector, a third-party app that allows users to use their preferred browser for Start menu search results. By default, the Start menu search results open in Edge even when a user has set another browser as their default.

Some users do not like the fact that Microsoft forces Edge and Bing in Start menu search. That is why apps like EdgeDeflector exist. Even Mozilla and Brave browsers recently announced a similar feature.

Users began noticing that EdgeDeflector had been blocked in an early preview build for Windows 11 released late last week. Microsoft has since confirmed that the block will be rolled out in an update to Windows 11 that will be arriving soon."

https://reclaimthenet.org/microsoft-blocks-edgedeflector/

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I’ve found that the Edge browser has problems rendering PDF’s in general. I don’t think it’s intentional conspiracy, just a buggy rendering engine. I frequently have to download the PDF locally and use another PDF reader.

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It may be a formatting error. This happens with embedded functions like the PDF page. You may need to check your browser settings. Using different browsers together is a good way to get a site to display correctly.

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Matthew where is that graffiti ?

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DuckDuckGo is really good. Another alternative aggregating engine is startpage.com

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I use duck duck go as well

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