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February 12, 2014 06:08 am GMT

Is Bing Censoring Chinese Search Results in the U.S.?

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Microsoft's search engine Bing may be censoring some search results in Chinese — even when the searcher is in the United States.

When searching for a term that's controversial in China, like the Dalai Lama, Bing displays very different results if you search in Chinese than in English. The filtered searches were first noticed by activists at GreatFire, an anti-censorship group in China, and first reported by The Guardian.

See also: Activists Foil Chinese Firewall to Unblock Reuters

If you search for the Dalai Lama in English, the first results are his official site and Wikipedia pages about the Tibetan Buddhist leader. If you search in Chinese though, the first results are entries from Baidu Baike, a Chinese Wikipedia-like encyclopedia run by the country's own search giant Baidu, and a Chinese state TV documentary on the spiritual leader. Read more...

More about China, Censorship, Bing, Government Censorship, and Internet Freedom

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