It didn’t help that the content DuckDuckGo was demoting and calling disinformation was Russian state media, whose side some in the right-wing contingent of DuckDuckGo’s users were firmly on.Ī little history: DuckDuckGo launched in 2008. Weinberg’s tweet announcing the change generated thousands of comments, many of them from conservative-leaning users who were furious that the company they turned to in order to get away from perceived Big Tech censorship was now the one doing the censoring. DuckDuckGo was accused of betraying a user base it unintentionally cultivated but didn’t exactly discourage. Many on the right adopted it as their pro-free-speech search engine of choice, a mission DuckDuckGo never actually had but had now, somehow, violated. It’s yet another example of the impossible situation some platforms have found themselves in: By not taking a public stance against misinformation or content deemed to be harmful, DuckDuckGo was taking a stance.
“Privacy is a human right and transcends politics,” Weinberg tweeted.īut DuckDuckGo, it turns out, does not transcend politics. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.įor more newsletters, check out our newsletters page. By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice.
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