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DuckDuckGo Destroys Brand by Embracing Censorship

This search engine, which once had a tenuous hold on unbiased results, destroyed the brand in a single tweet. It's crucial to take up grassroots efforts and identify astroturfing.

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Dr. Joseph Mercola
Mar 30, 2022
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STORY AT-A-GLANCE

  • In a single tweet March 9, 2022, DuckDuckGo destroyed its brand based on private searches returning unbiased results when the CEO said they were “rolling out search updates that down-rank sites associated with Russian disinformation”

  • If you were unfamiliar with DuckDuckGo, then the move to censorship would not sound out of the ordinary s…

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