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I confirm the symptoms happened for me as well. I used the !s bang to have startpage search it and startpage returned the image in the carousel and image result

I confirm the symptoms happened for me as well. I used the !s bang to have startpage search it and startpage returned the image in the carousel and image results. I'm not certain I can continue to use duck duck go if it is going to give me results subjected to CCP censorship. I switched to it from Startpage as it had a less shady reputation than the latter, but Startpage hasn't messed with my actual searches like DDG now has though.

jjulius 5y ago
Doesn't DDG use Bing on the backend (at least to some extent? Forgive my ignorance here). My hunch is that it has more to do with that, as opposed to it being a conscious decision by people at DDG.
- astrea 5y ago
  They do bulk purchase search results from Bing.
- Multicomp 5y ago
  Agreed. But if Bing is going to pull stuff like this, and DDG just wraps Bing results, it can leave users with questions about what else may be being censored, directly or not.
  - jjulius 5y ago
    That's fair!
- DaedPsyker 5y ago
  ‘Tank man China’ returns the image on DDG as does bing (Although not the first result). I think you are correct that this could be on Microsoft. DDG should seriously consider the provider if there is going to be political censorship from their sources.
xvector 5y ago
Abhorrent behavior by Bing. Hopefully a provider issue on DDG’s end.
dangerface 5y ago
Been using DDG for the past year the results are fairly poor and now they are licking CCP boot, ill have to start using startpage.
- iso1631 5y ago
  I've been using it for years and rarely do I have to go elsewhere. When I have struggle to find what I want and gone to google, the results are invariably worse under google. YMMV, E&OE. I believe some senior DDG people frequent HN, so look forward to their explanation
- jeroenhd 5y ago
  DDG partners with several search providers. It seems they partner with Bing for image search. Give them some time to investigate this and to consider switching to a new provider for search results. Microsoft is licking the CCP's boot here, as far as we know DDG is merely a victim to their complacency with censorship.

jjulius 5y ago

Doesn't DDG use Bing on the backend (at least to some extent? Forgive my ignorance here). My hunch is that it has more to do with that, as opposed to it being a conscious decision by people at DDG.

astrea 5y ago
They do bulk purchase search results from Bing.
Multicomp 5y ago
Agreed. But if Bing is going to pull stuff like this, and DDG just wraps Bing results, it can leave users with questions about what else may be being censored, directly or not.
- jjulius 5y ago
  That's fair!
DaedPsyker 5y ago
‘Tank man China’ returns the image on DDG as does bing (Although not the first result). I think you are correct that this could be on Microsoft. DDG should seriously consider the provider if there is going to be political censorship from their sources.

xvector 5y ago

Abhorrent behavior by Bing. Hopefully a provider issue on DDG’s end.

dangerface 5y ago

Been using DDG for the past year the results are fairly poor and now they are licking CCP boot, ill have to start using startpage.

iso1631 5y ago
I've been using it for years and rarely do I have to go elsewhere. When I have struggle to find what I want and gone to google, the results are invariably worse under google. YMMV, E&OE. I believe some senior DDG people frequent HN, so look forward to their explanation
jeroenhd 5y ago
DDG partners with several search providers. It seems they partner with Bing for image search. Give them some time to investigate this and to consider switching to a new provider for search results. Microsoft is licking the CCP's boot here, as far as we know DDG is merely a victim to their complacency with censorship.