They call it personalization. The machine calls it training data.

Our Privacy Promise. www.mojeek.com/about/privacy/

Convenience: think of it as cheese, in their mouse trap

The AI system "“functioned as intended" www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...

We're up They're down and dependent on AWS 👇

Search Engine or Surveillance Service?

You can make a difference, by spreading the word. Big Tech is doubling down on their gatekeeper strategies. Governments aren't helping challengers. As this case from @nextcloud.bsky.social illustrates. nextcloud.com/blog/nextclo...

Search need not burn money and the planet: 1. Build your own servers 2. Don't track users 3. Don't personalise results 4. Focus on results retrieval not AI answers

Celebrate the freedom to read, this week www.mojeek.com/search?q=ban...

FAQs about Mojeek blog.mojeek.com/2020/12/freq...

Digital ID isn’t the answer. It’s control by design.

Seeking knowledge without surveillance is a human right.

Great Inventions: The Hyperlink 💡 Conceived by Ted Nelson (1960s) 🖱️ First demo by Douglas Engelbart (1968) 🌐 Brought to the world by Tim Berners-Lee (1989–91)

Sales pitch: "Safety" Product: Digital IDs Benefit: Control, of you

Cancel culture silences speech. Power culture silences discovery. Freedom to seek matters. blog.mojeek.com/2022/05/free...

Add Favicons to the Mojeek SERPS, using a Firefox extension. Extension: addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefo... More details: community.mojeek.com/t/favicons-i...

"an eruption of laughter from the other table guests." Source: www.cnbc.com/2025/09/04/g...

We build our own servers. Can you guess why?

We will not replace search results with AI-generated answers. blog.mojeek.com/2025/09/moje...

Cave to power. Lose the public. FAFO. pluralistic.net/2025/09/03/u... bu @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy

We've added a Focus search page to Mojeek. Searching across a custom set of websites is now more accessible. Here is how it works, and came about: blog.mojeek.com/2022/08/moje...

"this decision isn’t just bad, it’s virtually a statement that crime pays" - especially when govt & business is in the same gang. @matthewstoller.bsky.social www.thebignewsletter.com/p/a-judge-le...

🇪🇺 readers: "Chat Control" proposes mandated scanning of all private digital communications, including encrypted messages and photos. Contact your MEPs to express your views 👇 fightchatcontrol.eu

Web = Choice Search engines ≠ Monoculture

"devices that are locked down at the hardware level, without the option to unlock, are inherently anti-consumer." medhir.com/blog/right-t...

Advice on searching effectively with Mojeek blog.mojeek.com/2025/01/gett... blog.mojeek.com/2022/12/how-...

URbaN Dictionary submission ... 👍👎

First they track you → Then they nudge you → Then they cage you → Opting out is still an option ...

Dillo is a super fast, secure (no javascript), open source browser by dillo-browser.github.io @[email protected]

Where are VPNs restricted? For now 🥲

In this clip our CEO @colinhayhurst.bsky.social explains why we always had a different view, from Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, about search and AI.

Software Tools for those who would prefer not to create accounts or put their personal information online. coinworldstory.com/best-no-logi...

AI stealth exposed blog.cloudflare.com/perplexity-i...

Our founder saw the dangers of Big Tech many years ago; here is his story: blog.mojeek.com/2021/03/to-t...

"Governments seem to believe that digital identification will solve societal problems. Are we witnessing another power grab, just as Big Tech has benefited from online sign-ons and data harvesting?" blog.mojeek.com/2021/10/in-d...

Tell me you're a publisher without telling me you're a publisher. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

"We give you a service. You give us your data. We use that data to lock you in. Then we rent seek for as long as we possibly can." battellemedia.com/archives/202...

Democracy isn’t powered by headlines. It runs on curiosity. More sources. More questions. Less control.

Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies. For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!

Speed matters. blog.mojeek.com/2024/08/the-...

9️⃣ billion pages indexed 🎯

"This isn’t Europe versus America, it’s Apple versus the World."

Palantir win with £1, now Google win with £0. How to make your citizens and organisations the product of US Big Tech .... www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

We can’t hand over what we never held. No tracking → real privacy. 🔐

By researching air purifiers @housefresh.bsky.social reviewed whether Google Search results & AI Overviews are leading consumers to good advice. The analysis shows that AIO will likely recommend buying whatever you show interest in, even if the product doesn’t exist. housefresh.com/beware-of-th...

"Not all private search engines are the same. Some focus on blocking trackers, others on offering family-friendly content, and some even support environmental causes. When selecting one, it’s important to consider what matters most to you" www.get-express-vpn.com/blog/best-se...

Traffic referred from AI platfoms is ~0.2% of that from Search+AI platforms. Source: blog.cloudflare.com/ai-search-cr...

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