Microsoft cited an "error in our system" for quirky results given to users making searches in Chinese on the company's Bing search engine. Chinese-language searches outside of mainland China were yielding results that mirrored those inside mainland China, where Bing filters in accordance with the whims of Beijing. This resulted in wildly different results in the U.S. for those searching items in English compared to those searching in Chinese. The differences manifested on topics that are notoriously touchy for China's Web censors.Microsoft Accidentally Applies Chinese Censoring Outside of China
Microsoft cited an "error in our system" for quirky results given to users making searches in Chinese on the company's Bing search engine. Chinese-language searches outside of mainland China were yielding results that mirrored those inside mainland China, where Bing filters in accordance with the whims of Beijing. This resulted in wildly different results in the U.S. for those searching items in English compared to those searching in Chinese. The differences manifested on topics that are notoriously touchy for China's Web censors.
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