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Bing search reverting back to the moderate filter on EVERY single search regardless of settings

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The so called laxByDefault setting change in about:config doesn't help

The so called laxByDefault setting change in about:config doesn't help

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I solved it. It was a security / privacy setting issue (Firefox settings > enhanced tracking protection) that was a bit too strict.

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Cookies clearing — logging unlogging and all that tweaking crap from users end didn't help.

Essentially bing is fundamentally useless on firefox.

This is a rather drastic situation and I am flabbergasted it has come to this.

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Search permission in my own Windows 11 settings has never ever been anything other than "off" so that's not the source is this issue either

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I have never ever experience this kind of problem before — and I have used Bing and even its predecessor going back to the 1990s

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Is the problem when you submit your search through Firefox's address bar, or even when you submit the search in Bing's own results page from your last Bing search?

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Both.

Irrespective of how I do it the problem persists.

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Bing SafeSearch CANNOT be switched off.

Historic. Never seen anything like this — it's like as if I am hacked but only if I'm using Bing.

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Do you normally sign in to a Bing account, or are you searching anonymously? It should retain your setting (strict/moderate/off) either way, but I wonder whether you notice any difference.

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Chosen Solution

I solved it. It was a security / privacy setting issue (Firefox settings > enhanced tracking protection) that was a bit too strict.