A privacy-focused search engine claims to shield users from tracking while aggregating results from Google and Bing—but recent tests reveal it may be silently filtering out certain queries, raising concerns about transparency. Investigators found discrepancies between Startpage’s displayed results and those returned by its underlying search partners, suggesting potential censorship or selective omission. The discovery challenges the platform’s core promise of unbiased, uncensored searches, prompting questions about how it prioritizes or suppresses information. Critics argue this undermines trust in privacy tools that rely on third-party data.
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