Playing the victim card again: Far right complains after DuckDuckGo vows to limit Russian propaganda

[ificandream]

New York Times/Stuart A. Thompson

Far-right influencers have often encouraged people to use the small privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo instead of Google, saying that the giant search engine censored conservative ideas.

The praise for DuckDuckGo turned to outrage this week, though, after the company said Russian disinformation would be minimized on its site.

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Conservative website Breitbart said DuckDuckGo was “adopting the censorship policies” of Big Tech. In social media channels devoted to conspiracy theories, users vowed to switch to alternatives like Russian search engine Yandex. The hashtag #DuckDuckGone trended across the United States by Friday. And on YouTube, users criticized the company for silencing voices.

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In a statement, Kamyl Bazbaz, vice president of communications for DuckDuckGo, said that the affected sites were engaged in “active disinformation campaigns,” meaning they were similar to other low-quality websites already penalized by search algorithms.

Read more: [link:https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Far-Right-Complains-After-DuckDuckGo-Vows-to-16996173.php|]

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No logic argument, so Repughs gotta play the victim card. That's all they have.

[jmbar2]

1. They run one of my favorite ads

but may need to change it.



"Your life, your favorite cheese, that deodorant rash... That's really none of our business".

"That Russian conspiracy you are searching for at 4am, HELL NO!"

[gratuitous]

2. The poor dears! They should set up their own internet platforms

What's that? They already-- are they on about except "Look at meeeeee!"