Bing censors search results in China in accordance with Chinese law. But does it do so in the US and elsewhere around the world for Chinese users? That disturbing proposition was raised yesterday in an article appearing in The Guardian.
The article asserted that Bing search results for Chinese language speakers in the US were radically different than those in English for controversial terms such as Tiananmen Square or Dalai Lama:
The Guardian says the comparison and charge were first made by Greatfire.org. After an outreach to Microsoft the company said it was not censoring search results for Chinese speakers outside the People’s Republic.
We received the following comment and explanation, attributed to Bing’s Senior Director Stefan Weitz:
Postscript: Microsoft has now posted a more detailed explanation on its Bing blog.
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