(ANSA) – BEIJING, Dec. 17 – Microsoft Bing, the only major foreign search engine available in China, said it had received a request from a “competent government agency” to suspend the auto-suggestion function for 30 days. On its Chinese website, Bing stated, without specifying the reasons for the suspension: “Bing is a global search platform and remains committed to respecting the rule of law and users’ right to access information.” In the past year, Internet companies in China have been hit by a regulation that has imposed new restrictions on areas from content to customer privacy. The Chinese government has also said it wants platforms to more effectively promote the core values ​​of socialism. In October, Microsoft said it was shutting down its professional social networking platform LinkedIn in China, citing a “significantly more challenging operating environment and increased compliance requirements” in the country. (Dealing).
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