Slashdot Mirror
Microsoft's Bing Refuses Search Term "Sex" In India
An anonymous reader writes "Apparently Microsoft is censoring search results for Bing in India and other countries. If you try to search for the term 'sex,' along with lots of variations, from India using Microsoft's new search engine, an error message is returned that says, 'the search sex may return sexually explicit content. To get results, change your search terms.' There's no preference setting or toggle-on-or-off choice; you simply cannot search for the term 'sex' in India if you are using Bing. While a user still can change their country and try the non-Indian version of Bing, this seems like an unnecessary step and unnecessary censorship on the part of Microsoft. Apparently Google has no problem with Indians searching for the term 'sex.'"
If their population, and the Kama Sutra, are any indication, the cat is definitely out of the bag! Why Microsoft would choose to limit this information is beyond me...
Sure, it's impossible that someone might be trying to read laws about sex discrimination or how to determine the sex of a snake or something.
Congratulations, Microsoft. You have just blocked one of the most popular topics on the internet, forcing people to use an other search engine. Google will love this decision ;-)
C - the footgun of programming languages
The Indian government might have demanded it.. stranger things have happened.
---- Booth was a patriot ----
I am from India. It is such a ridiculous statement that no one is gay in India. (I am going ignore his implication that being gay is a "problem")
Just curious, why is it so bad in the US for two men to hold hands in public ?
It's not "bad" per se, it's just a cultural taboo as in the US such behavior implies homosexuality, which still carries a serious stigma.
512 MB RAM, 20 GB disk, 200 GB transfer, five datacenters. $19.95/month.
However you can search for: allah is gay gay nigger make bombs bombing building bme pain olympics 2 girls 1 cup
... And since Microsoft has blocked the things it disapproves of, we can only assume that they're in favour of all of the above, especially the bottom one.
Somebody who isn't a shit-eating, racist, lesbian, terrorist ought to sue the pants off them.
I found it very healthy, to re-check all your most basic assumptions at most every 10 years. You will be surprised which one have absolutely no scientific base, but were very very deeply connected to every thought of yours.
Absolutely. Don't assume that a hot stove will burn you - you should go right ahead and stick your hand on there every ten years or so, just in case.
ABSURDITY, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
Yea, especially if you haven't been paying attention to stove technology... In ten years, stoves may be able to return to room temperature in an instant when exposed to living tissue. I'd hate to miss out on cool tech like that just because of assumptions based on old info.
Y'ever beat the shit out of your mom with that cane? 'Cause you probably should.