Microsoft responds to call for Bing boycott over China censorship

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With the launch of Bing in June 2009 , Microsoft’s search engine is being scrutinized a lot more than it has in its past incarnations. For example, we noted that at launch, Bing was blocking search queries pertaining to sexual content in about 20 percent of the regions it was officially supporting. Also at launch, The New York Times wrote about how Bing was censoring results in Chinese-language queries, even if they are conducted outside of China.