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I (the author of the tweet you referenced) commented on this subject on this thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32597340 https://news.ycombinator
by yegg 4y ago
I (the author of the tweet you referenced) commented on this subject on this thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32597340 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32597340. We didn’t do that, e.g., we actually did not (and do not) censor anything for political purposes, we don’t do any URL-level fact checking, etc.
- NaturalPhallacy 4y agoNo one gets to be the decision maker on what is misinformation and what isn't. Nobody is the exception to that rule. No matter how good faith and good their intentions are. It's not how you're doing it, it's that you're trying to do it at all that is the problem.
- yegg 4y agoExcept we're not doing it at all. The above comment references our news rankings help page, which has the most detailed explanation of how they work: https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/news-rankings/ https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/ne.... In actuality, we have no definition of misinformation, are not fact checking any articles or stories, etc.