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Censorship-free web browser launches for conservatives with an emphasis on free speech
Fox News ^ | May 10, 2022 | Brian Flood

Posted on 05/10/2022 4:28:07 AM PDT by McGruff

TUSK, a censorship-free web browser for conservatives with an emphasis on free speech, launched on Tuesday, allowing users to "browse right" on the internet.

TUSK founder and Virtual World Computing CEO Jeff Bermant feels "most popular browsers and search engines are inherently left-leaning and biased" and he wanted to create a place where conservatives can see what like-minded people are saying.

"TUSK was developed with the idea of free speech, because if you go to other browsers and you go to their news feeds, you'll find that its center left or it's left and you weren't getting the full story," Bermant told Fox News Digital.

Unlike other search engines, TUSK doesn’t monitor users, collect data to sell for profit or create profiles.

"We want to respect your privacy," Bermant said, noting that a portion of proceeds from sponsored ads will go to veterans’ groups.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: browser; tusk
I will check it out when I get a chance. Anyone else want to review?
1 posted on 05/10/2022 4:28:07 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

I will look at it. But I already use Brave.


2 posted on 05/10/2022 4:31:13 AM PDT by sauropod ("We put all our politicians in prison as soon as they are elected. Don’t you?" Why? "It saves time.”)
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To: McGruff

https://tuskbrowser.com/

Not available for Android or Linux. No soup for me.


3 posted on 05/10/2022 4:33:16 AM PDT by Pollard (Don't ask if there's a conspiracy. If you're not in one, you need to start one. CA Fitts)
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To: sauropod

Is it brave.com and tusk.com? How do these differ from duck.com (which redirects to duckduckgo.com)?


4 posted on 05/10/2022 4:33:59 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Pollard

http://truthsocial.com/

Not available for web or Android. No soup for me.


5 posted on 05/10/2022 4:34:33 AM PDT by Pollard (Don't ask if there's a conspiracy. If you're not in one, you need to start one. CA Fitts)
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To: McGruff

Do some digging on the developers background before you commit to something like this. The thought that it might be a trojan horse comes to mind.


6 posted on 05/10/2022 4:50:54 AM PDT by NicoDon
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To: McGruff

No Linux.

PFFFFT


7 posted on 05/10/2022 4:54:54 AM PDT by tanstaafl.72555
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To: McGruff

“news feed” ==> That is much of the problem right there.


8 posted on 05/10/2022 5:05:40 AM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute. )
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To: McGruff

Con alert!

This makes no sense. There is no censorship or thought control at the browser level.

Even the announcement is nonsense conflating various other things with what a browser does.

Unless I’m missing something this is an attempt to fleece MAGA folk who don’t understand the internet of their money.


9 posted on 05/10/2022 5:26:45 AM PDT by Renfrew
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To: McGruff
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
10 posted on 05/10/2022 5:31:29 AM PDT by moovova
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To: McGruff

A browser is not a search engine.


11 posted on 05/10/2022 5:47:52 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: Pollard

Not yey at any rate. I’m re it will come along in due time. 🙂


12 posted on 05/10/2022 6:10:21 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

yey = yet. Dang fingers. 🙂


13 posted on 05/10/2022 6:17:45 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: McGruff

I think it needs more work.


14 posted on 05/10/2022 6:29:43 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

Android yes. Linux maybe.


15 posted on 05/10/2022 6:31:25 AM PDT by Pollard (Don't ask if there's a conspiracy. If you're not in one, you need to start one. CA Fitts)
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To: NicoDon

A lawyer (A Washington DC lawyer at that)
A political consultant(helped Bob Dole LOL)
A real estate guy from California

Where’s the “It’s a Trap” meme?


16 posted on 05/10/2022 6:40:51 AM PDT by Pollard (Don't ask if there's a conspiracy. If you're not in one, you need to start one. CA Fitts)
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To: Pollard

Too much hype and no real advantages over others


17 posted on 05/10/2022 10:07:05 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Renfrew; ConservativeMind; ealgeone; Mark17; BDParrish; fishtank; boatbums; Luircin; mitch5501; ...
"This makes no sense. There is no censorship or thought control at the browser level." Not that we know of, but mot people simply use the default search engine of their browser, and TUSK states,

Coming soon, the default search engine will be our own TUSK Search.

Until TUSK Search is ready, Yahoo is the default search engine. You may change the default at any time.

My standard test for liberal bias in search engines is to search "homosexual relations and the bible" (w/out quotes) and Google leads off with liberal heretical sites as its top results, which deny the unequivocal condemnation of it, and then provides a mixture of both Biblical and mostly liberal sites, even though there is zero justification for the the latter denial of clear unequivocal condemnation of homosexual relations (and the other major issue here is that of abuse of the Bible, not simply the moral teaching, though all penitent sinners can be saved thru regenerating faith, thanks be to God).

Bing and Yahoo at least lead off with provide a clear statement "Throughout both halves, the Bible is clearly resolute in that homosexuality and same-sex relations are condemned as an abomination" followed by a mixture of mostly liberal sites in the issue. I have yet to find any other search engines which do not do likewise or worse.

In contrast is my own custom search engine for Bible topics (and one for conservative political issues) which Google enables account holders to create, thank God, though it limits how many sites you can choose to include.

And even though they are liberal, Google itself also provides a https://apologeticssearch.com/ which returns searches from conservative sites.

My myself use many different browsers, mostly portable installations, each with a general specific purpose, from legacy Firefox 52.9 (ESR) to the latest (now 100) FF Qauntum, and Vivaldi. Not Chrome or Edge though they can be. Thank God for viable useful tools and options which should be used for God and good.

18 posted on 05/11/2022 6:16:39 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save U + be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: McGruff

Yea, i’d be interested.

I’m not so worried about my web browser limiting what I see, as I am the personal information it collects and shares with google when I use it.


19 posted on 05/11/2022 6:22:19 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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