Duck Duck Gone: DuckDuckGo goes WOKE to censor search content; forcing users now flock to rival search engine Brave

For many years, we’ve been promoting DuckDuckGo as an alternative search engine to Google. Unlike Google and Bing which track users, DuckDuckGo is a privacy-focused search engine that emphasizes protecting searchers’ privacy.

However, after many years of standing up for privacy and free speech, DuckDuckGo finally capitulates to the “woke” culture under the disguise of censoring Russian misinformation content. DuckDuckGo has now become DuckDuckGone after it embraces the woke culture and joins the big tech to censor search content.

It all started on Wednesday when the company announced that it has “been rolling out search updates that down-rank sites associated with Russian disinformation,” making DuckDuckGo the arbiter of the truth. In a post on Twitter, DuckDuckGo founder and CEO Gabriel Weinberg said:

“Like so many others I am sickened by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the gigantic humanitarian crisis it continues to create. #StandWithUkraine️. At DuckDuckGo, we’ve been rolling out search updates that down-rank sites associated with Russian disinformation.”

https://twitter.com/yegg/status/1501716484761997318

However, DuckDuckGo didn’t stop there. Weinberg also said that the search engine is “down-ranking sites associated with disinformation.”

“We also often place news modules and information boxes at the top of DuckDuckGo search results (where they are seen and clicked the most) to highlight quality information for rapidly unfolding topics,” Weinberg added.

https://twitter.com/yegg/status/1501717826457022464

But the majority of DuckDuckGo users aren’t buying it. Immediately after Weinberg’s tweets, hashtag #DuckDuckGone started to trend on Twitter. One user said:

“@DuckDuckGo have decided to filter, manipulate and judge websites just like the rest of Big Tech. #DuckDuckGone”

Looks like @DuckDuckGo have decided to filter, manipulate and judge websites just like the rest of Big Tech. #DuckDuckGone pic.twitter.com/bzbEBayRFP

— Chris (@FuriousChef) March 10, 2022

Meanwhile, other users think DuckDuckGo has all the rights to judge websites and filter search results. That comment was met with this response from another Twitter user :

“Disinformation” as determined by unreliable/biased authority simply should not be a criteria for sorting results.*Or* search engines should set very specific rules around using such a filter. Very simple.”

"disinformation" as determined by unreliable/biased authority simply should not be a criteria for sorting results.
*Or* search engines should set very specific rules around using such a filter.
Very simple.

— J//// (@svivmvgvr) March 11, 2022

DuckDuckGo’s decision has also encouraged some users to start using Brave, another privacy-focused search engine.