Microsoft says it blocked Tiananmen square search looking outside of China because of “error”

Microsoft comes back under fire for a sloppy approach to China’s website search. The motherboard and the goalkeeper indicate that Bing has inadvertently blocked research on “Cuan Man”, Tiananmen’s square protest, in countries like the United States, France and Singapore. The block was due to an “accidental human error” that Microsoft was trying to repair, according to a spokesman.

Sites The results of the Microsoft license, such as Duckdukgo, also undergone.

A block on keywords such as “Tank Man” was expected in China. Microsoft can execute Bing in China because it has a subject filtration agreement that the Chinese government does not like, as the Tiananmen Square (whose anniversary has adopted on 4 June) or the Dalai Lama. Rivals like Google refuse to operate in China because of censorship concerns.

Nevertheless, it’s not very flattering for Microsoft. It both draws attention to the error and give web users a taste of bing censorship like China. This is the opposite of what society wants given the increasingly cold attitude of the US government to China and business companies in the country.