[GH-ISSUE #196] Bug: Google Images / images.google.com #118

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opened 2026-08-06 02:13:03 -04:00 by saavagebueno · 3 comments
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Originally created by @rhizodonts on GitHub (Jul 14, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist/issues/196

Hi, been using the blocklist import for a couple weeks and it's been working great. I recently noticed that when searching on Google Images, e.g. the query cat dj meme, if the results contain an AI image (e.g. from Freepik), then the entire image results grid will disappear.

Example with the blocklist enabled:

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Example with the blocklist disabled: (I've highlighted the AI results in red to show that the results do indeed contain such content.)

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If, for example, I do cat dj meme -headphones (which excludes a lot of the AI results), the image results page appears normally even with the blocklist enabled:

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While this isn't a pressing issue, I wanted to file it just in case!

Also note that when testing these queries, I disabled all other filters just in case those were interfering with the current blocklist.

Originally created by @rhizodonts on GitHub (Jul 14, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist/issues/196 Hi, been using the blocklist import for a couple weeks and it's been working great. I recently noticed that when searching on Google Images, e.g. the query `cat dj meme`, if the results contain an AI image (e.g. from Freepik), then the entire image results grid will disappear. Example with the blocklist ***enabled***: <img width="500" height="566" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/84df2290-d5c5-4b12-8cb9-fdbb99570b37" alt="Screenshot of the Google Images results page for the query 'cat dj meme' with the AI blocklist enabled. The image results grid is empty, so most of the page is empty as well." /> \ Example with the blocklist ***disabled***: (I've highlighted the AI results in red to show that the results do indeed contain such content.) <img width="600" height="352" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e18ac134-5bfe-407a-b2ca-8995579e693a" alt="Screenshot of the Google Images results page for the query 'cat dj meme' with the AI blocklist disabled. The image results grid contains AI image results from Freepik which are marked with a red rectangle." /> \ If, for example, I do `cat dj meme -headphones` (which excludes a lot of the AI results), the image results page appears normally even with the blocklist enabled: <img width="600" height="354" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/39abc7cf-54f8-455b-b754-38caaa06d6ea" alt="Screenshot of the Google Images results page for the query 'cat dj meme -headphones' with the AI blocklist enabled. Since the top results for this query (without the 'headphones' keyword) does not contain AI results, the image results grid does not disappear."/> \ While this isn't a pressing issue, I wanted to file it just in case! Also note that when testing these queries, I disabled all other filters just in case those were interfering with the current blocklist.
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@laylavish commented on GitHub (Sep 8, 2025):

Is it still happening? Tried this specific query out and it works fine on my end.

<!-- gh-comment-id:3268649609 --> @laylavish commented on GitHub (Sep 8, 2025): Is it still happening? Tried this specific query out and it works fine on my end.
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@rhizodonts commented on GitHub (Sep 8, 2025):

Seems to have resolved at present, although some AI results are still showing up:

AI DJ cat image from dreamstime

(There are other AI results as well, but I only included this as an example due to "AI" being in the site's title text.)

<!-- gh-comment-id:3268658255 --> @rhizodonts commented on GitHub (Sep 8, 2025): Seems to have resolved at present, although some AI results are still showing up: <img width="382" height="488" alt="AI DJ cat image from dreamstime" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/91bcfd67-4213-459e-98a3-beb0b46ee880" /> (There are other AI results as well, but I only included this as an example due to "AI" being in the site's title text.)
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@laylavish commented on GitHub (Sep 8, 2025):

Thanks for confirming! Also Dreamstime would show up because it's not in the main list, only in the nuclear list.

<!-- gh-comment-id:3268680921 --> @laylavish commented on GitHub (Sep 8, 2025): Thanks for confirming! Also Dreamstime would show up because it's not in the main list, only in the nuclear list.
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Reference: DYNR/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist#118