Tech companies are continuing to take action as Russia’s war in Ukraine rages on. Search engine DuckDuckGo is the latest platform to take measures in the information war that’s being battled online.
Like so many others I am sickened by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the gigantic humanitarian crisis it continues to create. #StandWithUkraine️
— Gabriel Weinberg (@yegg) March 10, 2022
At DuckDuckGo, we've been rolling out search updates that down-rank sites associated with Russian disinformation.
According to DuckDuckGo’s founder and CEO, Gabriel Weinberg, the privacy-focused search engine has “down-ranked” websites in its search results that are “associated with Russian disinformation.”

However, the overwhelming response to Weinberg’s tweets about the “down-rankings” has been outrage from DuckDuckGo’s user base. Some even claim to have already changed their default search engine preference due to this decision.
Yandex: which Jacob Rees-Mogg's Somerset Capital Management reports as having a huge stake in and which is facing calls for sanctions. https://t.co/1rPl8ls5b7 pic.twitter.com/Iux7t3Y4Ai
— Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) March 7, 2022
Found a clearer image of that map on yandex (a Russian search engine) Google only had blurred maps which is weird pic.twitter.com/YePjWUanW9
— DuberSuper (@DuberSuper1) March 7, 2022
Like so many others I am sickened by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the gigantic humanitarian crisis it continues to create. #StandWithUkraine️
— Gabriel Weinberg (@yegg) March 10, 2022
At DuckDuckGo, we've been rolling out search updates that down-rank sites associated with Russian disinformation.