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Team #FWSD2025-10-01 13:13:432025-10-14 11:34:27#FreeWebSearch Charter calls for breaking Google’s monopolyfree web
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Team #FWSD2025-10-01 13:13:432025-10-14 11:34:27#FreeWebSearch Charter calls for breaking Google’s monopoly
‘Let‘s make web search a public good again – for everyone in Europe – businesses and citizens alike.’
Dr. Olivier Blanchard is a management consultant and founder and CEO of several companies. He is one of the first signat...

‘…we regard the signing and implementation of the Charter as an important step towards enabling the younger generation to live freely and confidently in the digital space.’
Maximilian Kroker, Solicitor and representative of the Common Grounds Forum on why a free and democratic web search is e...
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‘…When search engines operate in a non-transparent manner, journalistic work becomes invisible — and devalued …’
Danica Bensmail is the federal managing director of the dju, the German Union of Journalists. Here she explains why tran...

“Free access to information is a human right. For young people, this means being able to learn freely, think critically, and help shape democracy.“
Henner Gädtke represents the Federation of German Catholic Youth (BDKJ) as its federal chairman. The BDKJ stands for se...

“For commercial providers, ‘democracy is not a business model’.”
Tong-Jin Smith, a professor of journalism at the Media University of Applied Sciences in Berlin is one of the first sign...

#FreeWebSearch Day is an annual day of action to promote free, open and transparent internet search. Every year on and around 29 September, events and activities take place to inform, inspire reflection and show how we can search better, safer, more trustworthy on the internet.
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