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It's really strange how people seem to be going out of their way to defend DDG. They actively censor content based on political views and they now selectively

It's really strange how people seem to be going out of their way to defend DDG. They actively censor content based on political views and they now selectively enable Microsoft tracking. All in the span of like a month. And in return for all of this you still get a half-baked browsing experience. Someone remind me what value DDG actually provides at this point? It feels like we're witnessing a self-implosion.

car_analogy 4y ago
> They actively censor content based on political views This is news to me - could you elaborate? Does it go beyond just passively duplicating Bing's censorship due to using their search results?
- MarcellusDrum 4y ago
  They deliberately lower the ranking of Russian news sites.[0] [0]:https://twitter.com/yegg/status/1501716484761997318 https://twitter.com/yegg/status/1501716484761997318
  - stinos 4y ago
    At least post the full quote, containing the "sites associated with Russian disinformation." bit.
- schmuelio 4y ago
  It's basically people thinking that Russian disinformation is a political belief. People are angry that a search engine (something dedicated to giving you relevant and true information based on what you searched for) is less likely to give you Russian state propaganda because the right wing have associated their political beliefs with that of pure free speech without realizing that such a thing just doesn't make sense in most modern settings.
  - someotherperson 4y ago
    The political beliefs here refer to the CEO's political beliefs, given that this reaction is a consequence of the CEO's views on the conflict in Ukraine. There is a reason why DDG isn't actively censoring Chinese, American or Israeli disinformation as well, and that's because it's not in the CEO's political beliefs to do so. But since you're trying to muddy the waters, I'm not "right wing" nor do I support the Russian invasion into Ukraine. I would have a similar reaction if CNN, Fox News or BBC were censored as well. I also wholly reject that a search engine's purpose is for "giving you [...] true information" -- I don't need that nor have I asked for it.

car_analogy 4y ago

> They actively censor content based on political views This is news to me - could you elaborate? Does it go beyond just passively duplicating Bing's censorship due to using their search results?

MarcellusDrum 4y ago
They deliberately lower the ranking of Russian news sites.[0] [0]:https://twitter.com/yegg/status/1501716484761997318 https://twitter.com/yegg/status/1501716484761997318
- stinos 4y ago
  At least post the full quote, containing the "sites associated with Russian disinformation." bit.
schmuelio 4y ago
It's basically people thinking that Russian disinformation is a political belief. People are angry that a search engine (something dedicated to giving you relevant and true information based on what you searched for) is less likely to give you Russian state propaganda because the right wing have associated their political beliefs with that of pure free speech without realizing that such a thing just doesn't make sense in most modern settings.
- someotherperson 4y ago
  The political beliefs here refer to the CEO's political beliefs, given that this reaction is a consequence of the CEO's views on the conflict in Ukraine. There is a reason why DDG isn't actively censoring Chinese, American or Israeli disinformation as well, and that's because it's not in the CEO's political beliefs to do so. But since you're trying to muddy the waters, I'm not "right wing" nor do I support the Russian invasion into Ukraine. I would have a similar reaction if CNN, Fox News or BBC were censored as well. I also wholly reject that a search engine's purpose is for "giving you [...] true information" -- I don't need that nor have I asked for it.