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March 13, 2022

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

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.

March 13, 2022

Two Kindle price drops today you might be interested in.

First is "American Kompromat: How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treachery" by Craig Unger. It's $4.99 right now. This is a book I was really looking forward to reading and I started to dig into it last night.

The other is Stephanie Grisham's "I'll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House." It's $3.99 right now. I was interested in this book given the revelations that had been reported, but no way I would pay full price for a Trump staffer's memoir. Still feels weird, though. (It was part of Amazon's daily Kindle price deals today.)

FYI, Unger's other Trump book, "House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia," was $4.99 last night. I notice it's not on sale today, though. Would love to hear reviews from anyone who has read any of these.