They started censoring websites based on "political fake news" filter list supplied by MSM.
Can you provide a citation for this?
"At DuckDuckGo, we've been rolling out search updates that down-rank sites associated with Russian disinformation.": [1]
At this point, DDG is a front for Microsoft using 'privacy' buzzwords. Might as well use Brave Search then.
[0] https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/so...
[1] https://twitter.com/yegg/status/1501716484761997318
[2] https://www.vox.com/recode/22981115/duckduckgo-free-speech-p...
[3] https://www.reddit.com/r/duckduckgo/comments/hx5dn5/proof_du...
At DuckDuckGo, we've been rolling out search updates that down-rank sites associated with Russian disinformation.
https://twitter.com/yegg/status/1501716484761997318
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> In addition to down-ranking sites associated with disinformation, we also often place news modules and information boxes at the top of DuckDuckGo search results (where they are seen and clicked the most) to highlight quality information for rapidly unfolding topics.
https://twitter.com/yegg/status/1501717193855283201
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It should be obvious why this is problematic ...
Or search google yourself to get a broader picture.