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Bing Censoring All Simplified Chinese Language Queries

Posted by Soulskill on from the boy-that's-a-great-wall dept.

boggis writes "Nicholas Kristof, a New York Times journalist, is calling for a boycott of Microsoft's Bing. They have censored search requests at the request of the Chinese Government (like certain others). The difference is that Bing has censored all searches done anywhere in simplified Chinese characters (the characters used in mainland China). This means that a Chinese speaker searching for Tiananmen anywhere in the world now gets the impression that it is just a lovely place to visit."

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  1. Censorship is wrong. by Jackie_Chan_Fan · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This is the internet. Censorship is wrong. Stop being a fucking child microsoft, and start being a human being. Hell, children have a better sense of freedom than you. Just google the kid that refuses to pledge allegiance to the flag in his elementary school, and his reasons why...

    Microsoft... BE AN AMERICAN COMPANY, OR GET THE FUCK OUT.