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This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

===~~Political~~ Censorship (~~3/1/2025)===~~

===Piracy Censorship (2022.04.15)===

~~:''Main article: [https://www.pcmag~~.~~com/news/duckduckgo-to-down-rank-sites-associated-with-russian-disinformation link to the main article]''~~

~~DuckDuckGo’s owner announced that the search engine would be de-ranking websites deemed to spread Russian misinformation~~.

~~===Piracy Censorship (4/~~15~~/2022~~)===

:''Main article: [https://torrentfreak.com/duckduckgo-removes-pirate-sites-and-youtube-dl-from-its-search-results-220415/ link to the main article]''

DuckDuckGo has completely removed the search results for numerous popular pirate websites, including The Pirate Bay, 1337x, and Fmovies.

===Tracking Block Bias (5/22~~/2022~~)===

===Tracking Block Bias (2022.05.22)===

:''Main article: [https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/duckduckgo-browser-allows-microsoft-trackers-due-to-search-agreement/ link to the main article]''

DuckDuckGo's privacy browser allows Microsoft trackers on third-party websites due to a search syndication agreement with [[Microsoft]]. However, this changed in August when DuckDuckGo’s contract with Microsoft expired, and Microsoft’s tracking was also blocked.

===Political Censorship (2025.01.03)===

:''Main article: [https://www.pcmag.com/news/duckduckgo-to-down-rank-sites-associated-with-russian-disinformation link to the main article]''

DuckDuckGo’s owner announced that the search engine would be de-ranking websites deemed to spread Russian misinformation.

==See also==

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 This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
-===Political Censorship (3/1/2025)===
+===Piracy Censorship (2022.04.15)===
-:''Main article: [https://www.pcmag.com/news/duckduckgo-to-down-rank-sites-associated-with-russian-disinformation link to the main article]''
-DuckDuckGo’s owner announced that the search engine would be de-ranking websites deemed to  spread Russian misinformation.
-===Piracy Censorship (4/15/2022)===
 :''Main article: [https://torrentfreak.com/duckduckgo-removes-pirate-sites-and-youtube-dl-from-its-search-results-220415/ link to the main article]''
 DuckDuckGo has completely removed the search results for numerous popular pirate websites, including The Pirate Bay, 1337x, and Fmovies.
-===Tracking Block Bias (5/22/2022)===
+===Tracking Block Bias (2022.05.22)===
 :''Main article: [https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/duckduckgo-browser-allows-microsoft-trackers-due-to-search-agreement/ link to the main article]''
 DuckDuckGo's privacy browser allows Microsoft trackers on third-party websites due to a search syndication agreement with [[Microsoft]]. However, this changed in August when DuckDuckGo’s contract with Microsoft expired, and Microsoft’s tracking was also blocked.
+===Political Censorship (2025.01.03)===
+:''Main article: [https://www.pcmag.com/news/duckduckgo-to-down-rank-sites-associated-with-russian-disinformation link to the main article]''
+DuckDuckGo’s owner announced that the search engine would be de-ranking websites deemed to spread Russian misinformation.
 ==See also==