TECH - Microsoft Faces Heat from US Senators Over Bing's Censorship in China | Benzinga
Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) has come under fire from a second U.S. Senator, intensifying the scrutiny over its operations in China, especially after a Bloomberg Businessweek investigation revealed the extent of Bing search engine’s censorship within the country.
Senator Marco Rubio, a Republican from Florida, criticized Microsoft’s compliance with the Chinese government’s censorship demands, stating that no U.S. company should defend such actions.
This criticism follows revelations that Bing has increasingly filtered out content related to human rights, democracy, climate change, and more to align with Beijing’s policies, Bloomberg reports.
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