{"id":43681,"date":"2022-09-09T15:51:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T12:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/independent-reporters-accuse-google-of-warmongering\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"independent-reporters-accuse-google-of-warmongering","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43681\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent reporters accuse Google of warmongering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>September 9, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Google deranks independent media websites blacklisted by the \u0141uka\u0161enka regime, Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) chairman Andrej Bastuniec told an industry forum in Lithuania on September 9.<\/p>\n<p> The issue has been reported by several foreign-based Belarusian media, he said. When the Belarusian authorities block a website, the search engine reportedly qualifies it as unreliable and lowers its position in the search results. <\/p>\n<p> Communication between the journalistic community and the corporation has not led to anything, Bastuniec added. According to him, Google replied that \u201cthis is how their algorithms work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> For example, if you google about Emil Czeczko, a Polish serviceman who deserted to Belarus amid the migrant crisis and was later found hanged, the search engine would give you \u201carticles by Interfax, Sputnik and other propaganda media,\u201d and independent reports on this topic would be \u201csomewhere far below,\u201d the NGO leader said.<\/p>\n<p> According to Bastuniec, the search engine also gives preference to&nbsp;reports from the Russian and Belarusian authorities in response tp&nbsp;queries on the war in Ukraine, discriminating against&nbsp;independent sources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs colleagues say, it turns out that Google acts as a warmonger,\u201d Bastuniec concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 9, BPN. Google deranks independent media websites blacklisted by the \u0141uka\u0161enka regime, Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) chairman Andrej Bastuniec told an industry forum in Lithuania on September 9. The issue has been reported by several foreign-based Belarusian media, he said. When the Belarusian authorities block a website, the search engine reportedly qualifies it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-43681","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Independent reporters accuse Google of warmongering | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 9, BPN. Google deranks independent media websites blacklisted by the \u0141uka\u0161enka regime, Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) chairman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43681\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Independent reporters accuse Google of warmongering | Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"September 9, BPN. Google deranks independent media websites blacklisted by the \u0141uka\u0161enka regime, Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) chairman\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43681\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Pozirk_online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43681\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43681\/\"},\"headline\":\"Independent reporters accuse Google of warmongering\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-09T12:51:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43681\/\"},\"wordCount\":197,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43681\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43681\/\",\"name\":\"Independent reporters accuse Google of warmongering | Pozirk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-09T12:51:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00\",\"description\":\"September 9, BPN. Google deranks independent media websites blacklisted by the \u0141uka\u0161enka regime, Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) chairman\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43681\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43681\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43681\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Independent reporters accuse Google of warmongering\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Pozirk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Independent reporters accuse Google of warmongering | Pozirk","description":"September 9, BPN. Google deranks independent media websites blacklisted by the \u0141uka\u0161enka regime, Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) chairman","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43681\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Independent reporters accuse Google of warmongering | Pozirk","og_description":"September 9, BPN. Google deranks independent media websites blacklisted by the \u0141uka\u0161enka regime, Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) chairman","og_url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43681\/","og_site_name":"Pozirk","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","article_modified_time":"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@Pozirk_online","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43681\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43681\/"},"headline":"Independent reporters accuse Google of warmongering","datePublished":"2022-09-09T12:51:33+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43681\/"},"wordCount":197,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43681\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43681\/","name":"Independent reporters accuse Google of warmongering | Pozirk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-09-09T12:51:33+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13+00:00","description":"September 9, BPN. Google deranks independent media websites blacklisted by the \u0141uka\u0161enka regime, Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) chairman","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43681\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43681\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43681\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Independent reporters accuse Google of warmongering"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","name":"Pozirk","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization","name":"Pozirk","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Pozirk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/43681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rubric","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rubric?post=43681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}