DuckDuckGo – images are blocked?

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  • Peter
    June 16, 2020 at 3:18 pm

    Is it just me or are images blocked when searching with DDG?

    Tony Perez
    June 16, 2020 at 3:39 pm

    If you enable our Family filter we enable safe search on DuckDuckGo. It should work the same as Google’s in that it filters images.

    Thanks

    Peter
    June 16, 2020 at 7:10 pm

    Ok strange, now the image search is working fine again!
    The last three days DDG’s image search didn’t show any images at all (just frames without the images).
    Thought it had something to do with the family filter.
    Whatever caused the issue, it is now fixed in whatever way 🤗

    Peter
    June 24, 2020 at 9:52 am

    Ok sorry to open this topic again but the images are blocked again :/
    Can you maybe have a look if DuckDuckGo’s image search works for you with family filter on?

    This search for “cat” only shows empty image frames (both firefox and mobile safari)

    search query "cat"

    Peter
    June 30, 2020 at 8:49 pm

    Ok sorry to open this topic again but the images are blocked again :/
    Can you maybe have a look if DuckDuckGo’s image search works for you with family filter on?

    This search for “cat” only shows empty image frames (both firefox and mobile safari)
    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=cat&kp=1&atb=v214-1&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images

    search query "cat"

    mikefulham
    July 2, 2020 at 3:59 am

    I’m getting the same issue – not getting images on DuckDuckGo – using the Family filter DNS: 185.228.168.168, 185.228.169.168

    Daniel Cid
    July 2, 2020 at 8:41 pm

    Their images come from external-content.duckduckgo.com. Can you confirm you can access that domain?

    Also, if you go here:
    https://dnsleaktest.com/

    And run the standard test, what do you get as a result? It will help us investigate if it is something region-specific (since it works for me here).

    mikefulham
    July 3, 2020 at 4:41 am

    Hi,

    external-content.duckduckgo.com does not resolve for me when using your family filter DNS.

    # host external-content.duckduckgo.com

    Host external-content.duckduckgo.com not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

    Running the standard test on dnsleaktest.com I get the following:
    155.138.200.217 dns-edge-usa-east-atlanta-v.cleanbrowsing.org. Choopa, LLC Atlanta, United States

    Daniel Cid
    July 4, 2020 at 4:41 am

    Mind trying again? Should be fixed now.

    Peter
    July 4, 2020 at 11:38 am

    YES, thank you! The search engine of my choice works perfectly again 🙂

    mikefulham
    July 6, 2020 at 1:07 pm

    Now works for me also, thanks.

    Daniel Cid
    July 6, 2020 at 4:32 pm

    Awesome! Thanks for testing it.

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