Social media’s recent shadow ban on Palestinian content is alarmingly working against the voices raising awareness about on the ongoing violent events. Despite Instagram, Facebook and Twitter’s claims that such censorship is merely a bug or accident, the issue persists and users aren’t convinced.
To counter these practices, alternative web masters have created next-generation apps and platforms that are decentralized, censorship-safe and filterless. Here, we’ve rounded up our favourites.
DuckDuckGo instead of Google
The search engine protects your privacy and prevents personalized search results that filter out information. DuckDuckGo shows all users the same search results regardless of their search history.
duckduckgo.com
Akasha instead of Instagram and Facebook
Tired of social media’s shadow banning? Akasha is the future. It’s a social media network that is immune to censorship by design.
akasha.world
BitTube instead of YouTube
The perfect social network for content creators and streamers who are looking for freedom of speech, fairness and unrestricted monetization.
bittube.tv
Twt.social instead of Twitter
A Twitter-like blogging platform with no ads and no tracking.
twt.social
Qwant instead of Google
Qwant is a neutral and impartial search engine that doesn’t have user trackers or personalized search results.
qwant.com
