DuckDuckGo ‘Removes’ Pirate Sites and YouTube-DL from Its Search Results (Updated)
Launched in 2008, search engine DuckDuckGo is a go-to service for Internet users who value their privacy.
Unlike many competitors, the site doesn’t keep a record of users’ IP addresses or other sensitive information.
In recent years, the site also stood out by returning cleaner results than competitors such as Google, which actively alters its algorithms to downrank pirate sites. At one point, Google even pointed users to DuckDuckGo when they searched for Pirate Bay proxies.
*Duck Duck Go is blaming the data coming from Bing
1st De-ranking Russian Media Sources