Submitted 3 weeks ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to technology@lemmy.world
Google has removed dozens of new Sci-Hub domain names from its search results in the United States. Unlike typical DMCA takedowns, the removals were triggered by a dated court order that was not enforced for several years. This appears to be one of the first times Google has deindexed an entire pirate site in the U.S. based on a ‘site blocking’ style injunction.
Oh, wow, nobody now could ever guess what the URL is.
Maybe it will drive more people to alternative search engines.
I’m genuinely contemplating paying for kagi at this point. Only one I haven’t heard people (fairly) talking shit about recently.
I’ve paid for kagi for a few years, I would definitely recommend it!
Would recommend. Been using it for a couple years now, and it actually feels gross when I end up on Google.
You will hear shit from a small group on Lemmy about how they also use Yandex for search results, but it’s a pretty hollow argument that keeps being used as some big “gotcha”. But if that’s a turn off for you, it is what it is.
Me too. I used it by default during allowed trial period and found it to be pretty good.
All we need are a few .onion mirrors
TBH if there are no .onion mirrors, it’s not a serious anti-censorship project
Que Viva Elbakyan! It works pretty well: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=sci-hub&ia=web
Duck duck go is still partially backed by Google right? It’s a “meta” search engine?
Mmm, juicy censorship.
edgemaster72@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Good thing Google has removed links to this site I had never previously heard of, now I’ll definitely not end up on this Sci Hub ^by^ ^accident^
tidderuuf@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s a good thing Google posts the DMCA order so I can see what the URL is so I can never visit it ^by^ ^accident^