They are probably trying to reduce "misinformation" by removing most of the web from their index. With AI, they could just ask bard, "does this website contain any information that would be considered misinformation?" and then just ban it.

If you want "misinformation," or to just search the web like it's the mid 2000s, you can use http://Yandex.com. They do a pretty good job on controversial queries. Google has gotten so political that they even have this "results are changing rapidly" page they return when there's been some new political hot topic that they haven't gotten the commissars at headquarters to weigh in on yet as to what's going to be the official narrative.[1]

[1]https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/25/22550430/google-search-re...