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Bing censored more search results in China than did domestic rival platforms,
new study finds

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  Peter Aitken
  April 28, 2023 at 1:31 PM·4 min read

  A new report found that Microsoft’s Bing search engine restricted
  search results more than any other platform among eight
  [39]China-accessible platforms analyzed by the University of Toronto.

  "These findings call into question the ability of non-Chinese
  technology companies to better resist censorship demands than their
  Chinese counterparts," the report from the university’s Citizen Lab,
  part of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, stated.

  A [40]Microsoft spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the company is
  looking into the conclusion but "have not yet been able to fully
  analyze the findings."

  "We are reaching out to Citizens Lab directly to get more information
  so that we can conduct any further investigation needed," the
  spokesperson said.

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  The [42]Citizen Lab analyzed search results from Baidu, Baidu Zhidao,
  Bilibili, Douyin, Jingdong, Sogou and Weibo, as well as Bing, and found
  over 60,000 unique censorship rules used to partially or completely
  censor results.

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  "Given the strict regulatory environment which they face, users in
  China have limited choice in how they search for information,"
  researchers wrote. "However, even among those limited choices, we
  nevertheless found important differences in the levels of censorship
  and in the availability of information among these search platforms."
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  A view of the China HQ office building of Microsoft in Beijing, China
  Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021.

  Bing and [44]Baidu, the largest Chinese competitor search platform, had
  the most restrictive measures: Baidu has more censorship rules, but
  Bing’s rules had broader interpretation, which resulted in more
  censored results from Bing on average.

  Platforms must adhere to certain guidelines in China, which passed
  legislation and regulations to include specifications on what kinds of
  online content should be prohibited, including anything that might harm
  "the image of revolutionary leaders or heroes and martyrs."
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  Other types of information or media that must remain restricted include
  anything that might look to incite resistance, to breaking the
  Constitution or laws or the implementation of administrative measures,
  to overthrow the government or socialist system, create division in the
  country, promote feudal superstitions and sexually suggestive material
  or injure "the reputation of state organs," among others.

  A much more extensive list can be found in the Citizen Lab report.

  The report also looked at the models that companies use to implement
  censorship, such as automated blocking based on words, such as used on
  [46]Chinese social media platform WeChat.

  In order to qualify as a censored result, the platform had to return a
  "unique notification that the user’s query contains sensitive content"
  – classified as "transparent censorship" – or the server "spuriously"
  omitted some or all search results despite the content matching the
  query – classified as "opaque censorship."

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  The group then used an algorithm to identify and isolate the words or
  phrases that had triggered the censorship.

  "By using this algorithmic technique, we can determine the exact
  keyword or combination of keywords necessary to trigger censorship of a
  censored string of text," researchers claimed. "The results are not
  statistical inferences, approximations or in any way probabilistic."
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  New Economy Forum at China Center for International Economic Exchanges
  (CCIEE) on November 21, 2019, in Beijing, China. 2019 New Economy Forum
  themed on 'A new community for the new economy' is held on November
  20-22 in Beijing.

  The results indicated that one in 18 names tested from Wikipedia
  created a censored response, half of which were outright censored on at
  least one of the eight platforms. The test of around 500,000 unique and
  previously confirmed censored keywords found 60,774 censored terms
  across all platforms.

  The lab concluded that North American companies, such as Google, that
  intend to [48]expand services into China’s market must consider whether
  they are comfortable with Beijing’s censorship of users’ political and
  religious rights.

  "Unfortunately, our study provides a dismal data point concerning this
  argument," the study concluded. "It suggests that whatever longstanding
  human rights issues pervade in China, they will not be magically
  addressed by North American technology companies pursuing business in
  the Chinese market."

  "In fact, rather than North American companies having a positive
  influence on the Chinese market, the Chinese market may be having a
  negative influence on these companies."

  Microsoft previously faced criticism for its [49]possible censorship of
  results in 2021 when users who were searching for pictures of the
  famous "Tank Man" of the Tiananmen Square protests found no results,
  even when searching from the U.S.
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