Overall I agree with much of the tone that they set and some of the things are long overdue.
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Edit: duckduckgo censor the search query "the great reset" when you search for the first time. proof: https://imgur.com/UbsvTCz
Edit2: Changed from "sometimes" to "when you search for the first time" in response to the comment below.
I don't know why DDG blocked that query, but I would bet it was due to bot spam.
DDG doesn't show results if there isn't an exact match for the query it seems. It requires you to search the same query again for some reason.
Maybe this is an experiment of some sort, I'm not sure. Again, this doesn't happen on a VPN, but happens on my ip address.
And no corporate settings interfere with the browser, it's the personal device I tried on.
Another thing: when you search for "names database" on DDG there doesn't appear to be any results. No matter how much you try. I haven't found another query that yielded the same results.
Edit: changed from spyware to privacy invading
If you're referring to Names Database, how is that spyware?
edit: To the comment below saying I'm lying.
Yes it does query. The first time I query, it doesnt give results. Then I query it again and it shows all results (same query, pressing the search icon again). This is stealthy censorship and an unsuspecting person wouldn't notice.
This doesn't happen for any other query. And it only happens with my work ip address, not a VPN.
Edit2: Still not working for me, I have to query it twice to get the results. Maybe this is happening for selected ip addresses. This doesn't happen when I use a VPN.
Ockham's razor encourages me to believe that this is just some minor technical issue on either side, rather than censorship.
That points at your network (ISP, LAN) more than DDG. You might try other less popular search engines (maybe Bing) to see if this behavior happens there as well.
I suppose I could come up with a few dozens scenario that would explain no results in your case (as a software engineer, I have heard a rumor that sometimes those " server" thingys have what they call "glitches".)
But I of course completely understand that the hypothesis of DDG specifically censoring the query for you looks more plausible.
You're probably a very important person that needed to be hidden the fact that the WMF had a conference about restarting the economy after the covid - which obviously means that the prince Charles of UK is behind a global conspiracy to manufacture viruses from scratch in order to overthrow capitalism. (I'm just kidding, I know that's not what you believe.)
Sincerely, i hope you have the best possible holiday season, and take care of yourselves.
If it works on a VPN, or a proxy server but not your own ip address. Are you really sure it's just a "glitch"?
And there are good reasons to think that way. Partially because there have been conspiracy theories about the "great reset", so this might be a way to stop the viral spread or whatever. I mean it's not too long ago when it came out that google censored queries to websites unless you typed the name directly in google.
When trust is broken, it's wise to be skeptical.
And yes, I did read the comments and rule out other things.