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by codeecan 1390 days ago
> Like so many others I am sickened by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the gigantic humanitarian crisis it continues to create. #StandWithUkraine

At DuckDuckGo, we've been rolling out search updates that down-rank sites associated with Russian disinformation.

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

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> In addition to 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.

https://twitter.com/yegg/status/1501717193855283201

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It should be obvious why this is problematic ...

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FYI - I’m the founder and CEO of DuckDuckGo and responded to this in another comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32597340.