Only a glitch? Google hides conservative & alt-media web sites from search outcomes for hours

Google excluded main conservative and alt-media retailers from its search outcomes for hours, hiding hits for websites like Breitbart and RedState even in searches for the retailers' names - solely to mysteriously revert to regular later.
Google excluded major conservative and alt-media outlets from its search results for hours, hiding hits for sites like Breitbart and RedState even in searches for the outlets' names - only to mysteriously revert to normal later.Original article
Author: Russia Today

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