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China requires Microsoft’s Bing to suspend auto-suggest feature -Breaking

by Mike Robinson

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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO – A smartphone bearing the Microsoft Bing Logo is shown against the backdrop of the Chinese Flag in this illustration from January 24, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/

SHANGHAI (Reuters). Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:) Bing, China’s only foreign search engine, stated that a “relevant agency” had ordered it to stop auto-suggest functions in China for seven consecutive days.

This is the second suspension of this nature for Bing since December. It comes amid a continuing crackdown against technology platforms from Beijing.

Chinese internet users first saw the suspension Saturday.

Bing, a Chinese search portal stated: “Bing remains a global platform for searching and is committed to respecting both the rule-of-law and users’ rights to access information.”

Bing did no specify why the suspension was made. Microsoft has not yet responded to my request for comment.

China’s Internet businesses have suffered from a crackdown on regulatory issues that has placed new restrictions in areas ranging from customer privacy to content.

The top Chinese cyber regulator, Beijing, published August draft rules that outlined how algorithms can be used by internet platforms. [nL1N2PY05B[

A finalised version of the rules came into effect this month.

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