Mozilla has removed the default search providers Yandex Search, Mail.ru and OK.ru from the Firefox browser. Here are the details. • by Alice Zaniolo • March 15, 2022
Mozilla has removed the default search providers Yandex Search, Mail.ru and OK.ru from the Firefox browser. The reason? The constant reports of state-sponsored content favorites in search results. Mozilla announced that it has removed the Yandex and Mail.ru providers from the browser's drop-down search menu. However, he did not provide any details as to why this was done. Since 2014, Mozilla has made Yandex the default search engine in Russia. The three websites were the most popular in Russia, with over one hundred million users per month. Mozilla after releasing the new version, Firefox 98.0.1, announces that it has removed the Yandex and Mail.ru providers from the browser's drop-down search menu: Yandex and Mail.ru have been removed as optional search providers in the search drop-down menu in Firefox. If you previously installed a custom version of Firefox with Yandex or Mail.ru, offered through partner distribution channels, this version removes those customizations, including add-ons and default bookmarks. Where applicable, your browser will revert to its default settings, as offered by Mozilla. All other versions of Firefox are not affected by the change. read the release notes for Firefox 98.0.1. Mozilla explains its decision In a statement to BleepingComputer, Mozilla says it has removed search providers from users in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Turkey due to the prevalence of state-sponsored content. After careful consideration, we are discontinuing the use of Yandex Search in Firefox. This is due to credible reports of search results showing a prevalence of state sponsored content, which is contrary to Mozilla's principles. a Mozilla spokesperson told BleepingComputer. This means that Yandex Search will not be the default search experience (or a default search option) for users in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Turkey for the time being. In the meantime, we're referring people to google.com.
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