Open Search Foundation
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The Open Search Foundation (OSF) is a European nonprofit organization promoting internet freedom.
In 2019, the Open Search Foundation published a report advocating for open search infrastructure.[1] In 2020, the newly-formed group[2] was advocating for the creation of a common index to underpin European search engines.[3] OSF became a lead organizer of the Open Web Index, an open-sourced search index designed to allow for a nonprofit alternative to the dominant indexes, giving users more choice and agency in searching the web for information.[4][5][6] The foundation has organized sessions about the values that should be part of the web index[7] as well as a working group to investigate the legal challenges that would need to be addressed.[8]
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[edit]- ↑ Lewandowski, Dirk (2023), "The Future of Search", Understanding Search Engines, Springer International Publishing, pp. 275–282, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-22789-9_16, ISBN 978-3-031-22788-2, retrieved 2026-05-15
- ↑ Mager, Astrid (January 2023). "European Search? How to counter-imagine and counteract hegemonic search with European search engine projects". Big Data & Society. 10 (1). doi:10.1177/20539517231163173. ISSN 2053-9517.
- ↑ Wakabayashi, Daisuke (2020-12-14). "Google Dominates Thanks to an Unrivaled View of the Web". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
In Europe, a group called the Open Search Foundation has proposed a plan to create a common internet index that can underpin many European search engines. It's essential to have a diversity of options for search results, said Stefan Voigt, the group's chairman and founder, because it is not good for only a handful of companies to determine what links people are shown and not shown.
- ↑ "Title: 42 months in the making: OpenWebSearch.EU project end results look promising!". OpenWebSearch.eu – Promoting Europe‘s Independence in Web Search. 2026-04-04. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
- ↑ Rice, Kezia (2026-02-02). "Fighting the Search Monopoly With an Open Source Index: An Interview With Michael Granitzer From OpenWebSearch". Digital for Good | RESET.ORG. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
- ↑ Soares, Joana (2025-11-17). "Google owns the queries, but Europe wants its search infrastructure back". EU Perspectives. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
- ↑ Ridgway, Renée (2025). "Designing digital sovereignty—an open federated EU web index for search". Communication +1 (journal). 11 (2). doi:10.7275/CPO.2245. ISSN 2380-6109.
- ↑ Erenli, Kai; Geminn, Christian; Pfeiffer, Leon (June 2021). "Legal challenges of an open web index". International Cybersecurity Law Review. 2 (1): 183–194. doi:10.1365/s43439-021-00017-8. ISSN 2662-9720.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- "The Entangled Web" a TedX talk by Tim Smith (September 2022)
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