>Is that anything besides whataboutism?

Sure! The way you worded your initial response was so broad that it implied that non-Western search engines aren't censored, and all I did was seek to clarify whether or not that was what you were saying. There's no "whataboutism" to simply seeking to understand a statement someone is making, nor do I disagree with the broader sentiment that you make at the end of the post I'm replying to now.