“We believe in freedom of speech, and as such, it is not for us to decide what is right or wrong,” Pujol says. At launch, both right- and left-leaning political Goggles have been created by AllSides, an American company that rates media organizations for their political bias. Google, Facebook) based on proprietary algorithms,” Gal says.īrave knows that people may use Goggles to reinforce their worldview and filter subjects that align with their existing beliefs. “It would reduce the risk of people getting a single view of reality-or that portion of reality that they are interested in-that is created and maintained by a single platform (e.g. Gal adds that the move is welcome in a search market that “has seen little innovation or competition” over the past couple of decades.

“Goggles will allow the creation of multiple universes within which users could search,” says Uri Gal, a professor of business information systems at the University of Sydney. It is very hard, if not impossible, to remove all biases from search results. “Biases are everywhere: the underlying data, which sites are easier to crawl, which models are chosen, feature selection, presentation biases, popularity, the list can go on indefinitely,” Pujol says. And, rather than just offer a privacy-first copy of Google, we’re continuing to innovate with features such as Discussions and Goggles.Pujol says that Brave created Goggles-which it first outlined in a 2021 white paper-to help remove biases from search results, including those in Brave’s search, and give people more choice. We’re making it seamless for users to browse and search with guaranteed privacy, all while fighting the censorship and overreach of Big Tech companies. It allows you to choose, alter, or extend the ranking of Brave Search results.To get started with the Goggles beta, simply conduct a search at and click the Goggles tab on the results page.Īnybody can make Goggles, use ones created by others, and see the source code for already existing Goggles-and extend it-by visiting the Github repository.Over the past year, Brave Search has crossed some notable milestones, including 2.5 billion total queries and a daily high of 14.1 million queries. We’re celebrating this anniversary by releasing the long-awaited Goggles (beta) to all Search users.Goggles gives you the power to search without limits.

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