> The fact that Russia has decided to outlaw the truth is completely besides the point.
It's not when we're talking about whether search results produced by the state which banned telling the truth should be given equal weight to search results by media which is allowed to tell the truth (even though it doesn't always do so) in search rankings
It's not difficult to find official statements from Russia on the Ukraine war including via DDG, without going down the rabbit hole of insisting that if someone searches for "shelling Kyiv" there's no reason why websites pushing the narrative that Kyiv isn't being shelled shouldn't outrank news items of Kyiv being shelled if their SEO is good enough.
It's not when we're talking about whether search results produced by the state which banned telling the truth should be given equal weight to search results by media which is allowed to tell the truth (even though it doesn't always do so) in search rankings
It's not difficult to find official statements from Russia on the Ukraine war including via DDG, without going down the rabbit hole of insisting that if someone searches for "shelling Kyiv" there's no reason why websites pushing the narrative that Kyiv isn't being shelled shouldn't outrank news items of Kyiv being shelled if their SEO is good enough.