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Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin... by santoshalper on Thursday March 10, 2022 @06:32PM (#30634094)
"My only exception is things I don't like"

How is blocking spam and advertisement materially different than blocking a foreign actor's propaganda?

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Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin... by Clubber on Thursday March 10, 2022 @07:48PM (#30634766)
Blocking spam is done by the consumer of information, blocking a foreign (and domestic) actor's propaganda is done by the entity with the power of dissemination of information.

You don't see Google censoring ads much.

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Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin... by tomnipotent on Thursday March 10, 2022 @09:19PM (#30635375)
> You don't see Google censoring ads much.

There's nothing in their business they censor more.

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Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin... by Clubber on Friday March 11, 2022 @10:11AM (#30640824)
In search results?
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Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin... by rdw on Thursday March 10, 2022 @08:19PM (#30635005)
Google spends most of their time blocking ads. "Spam" is ads.
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Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin... by tomc1985 on Friday March 11, 2022 @09:56AM (#30640659)
That is an extremely uncharitable reading of my words
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