“Rather than monoculture and monopoly, we need competition, innovation and alternatives.”
9. October 2025
Colin Hayhurst, CEO of the british search engine Mojeek, explains why web search needs more competition, innovation and alternative market players. Mojeek is an independant UK-based search engine that operates its own crawler-based index. The company does not track users or personalise results, ensuring unbiased searches.
“When search is dominated by surveillance giants, democracy and economies pay the price.
Rather than monoculture and monopoly, we need competition, innovation and alternatives.”
Colin Hayhurst
CEO Mojeek
Colin Hayhurst
CEO Mojeek
Information about the #FreeWebSearch Charter
Who decides what billions of people find on the internet – and what they don’t? This question of power is addressed by the #FreeWebSearch Charter, published by a European alliance of civil society, academia, and media organizations under the initiative of the Open Search Foundation. With ten clear principles, the initiative aims to put control over web search back in the hands of society.
