DuckDuckGo’s search results feature more misinformation than Google’s - Input

Conspiracy theorists, including big names like Joe Rogan and Ben Shapiro, are reportedly leaving Google behind for greener, less-moderated pastures like DuckDuckGo. The DuckDuckGo search engine emphasizes user privacy and allows users to avoid the filter bubble of personalized search results that Google is so known for.

Despite the public support from figures associated with the right wing, DuckDuckGo is different from services like social media site Parler and video platform Rumble that have intentionally aligned with the far-right. DuckDuckGo remains focused on privacy, not politics. But is turning the other cheek a viable internet strategy in 2022?

What the duck? — When The New York Times reviewed top search results for more than 30 conspiracy theories and right-wing topics, sources that advanced conspiracies were more buried on Google and more prominent on both DuckDuckGo and Bing.

The findings suggest that Google’s algorithms are less likely to feature misinformation than Bing’s algorithm (also used by DuckDuckGo), which matches the results of other recent studies. Links in DuckDuckGo’s search results are generated from more than 400 sources, and information is “proxied through [the company’s] servers so it stays completely anonymous,” according to DuckDuckGo’s policy.

In a statement to The New York Times, DuckDuckGo said it condemned “acts of disinformation” and that it was also studying ways to limit the spread of misinformation and disinformation. DuckDuckGo said...

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