Yes, people have the right to be forgotten, but only if they’re European, the top EU court ruled on Tuesday.
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Child-friendly search engines: How safe is Kiddle?
Kiddle and Kidrex are meant to deliver age-appropriate search results, filtering out internet nastiness. But how do they really stack up?
How to make DuckDuckGo your default Chrome search engine
Good news for the privacy-conscious. Chrome 73, released Tuesday, now includes the DuckDuckGo search engine as an option.
Google’s private browsing doesn’t keep your searches anonymous
DuckDuckGo says you can go right ahead and log out of Google, then enter private browsing mode, but you’ll still see tailored search results.
Google hit with $5.1b fine in EU’s Android antitrust case
This could mean the end of free Android. In the meantime, Google plans to appeal.
Do Americans have the same right as Europeans to be “forgotten” by Google?
Europeans have the right to request the removal of links in search engine results, thanks to a May 2014 court ruling, but should Americans also have the “right to be forgotten”? Consumer Watchdog says “Yes, definitely”.
DuckDuckGo search traffic soars 600% post-Snowden
DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg believes the search engine can attract a growing number of privacy-conscious web users.
GCHQ and police team up to hunt down child abusers on the darknet
A major crackdown on child-abuse imagery includes a new law making it illegal for an adult to send a sexual communication to a child. 
DuckDuckGoAway: China blocks privacy-oriented search engine
Getting selected as the default private search engine for Apple’s Safari browser has been a boon for young search engine DuckDuckGo. But it may well have tainted the search engine in the eyes of the Apple-leery Chinese government. 