The reason why Bing is blocked in China is the same reason many other websites are blocked . Bing allows users to access information freely available and published all over the world. In particular, this means accessing democratically-published newspapers and content that may be in opposition to the Chinese government.
Why is Bing banned in China for 30 days?
Microsoft’s Bing, the only major foreign search engine available in China, said it has been required by a “relevant government agency” to suspend its auto suggest function in China for 30 days. Bing did not specify reasons for the suspension.
Moreover, why is Bing so popular in China?
Because Microsoft is fully cooperate with Chinese government. It means Microsoft host its server in China, and they allows Chinese government employees (censors / consent-content bloggers) to monitor Microsoft servers. Thus, all the information Bing presented is something approved by the PRC regime.
Is Bing safe for the Chinese government and Google?
In addition, Bing’ servers and data centers are built in China and regulated by Chinese government . In a word, Bing is safe for Chinese government and Google not. Looking for paid search advertising experts?
What happened to Bing?
In a new statement issued today, Microsoft still won’t disclose the cause of the outage, but says the search engine is back up and running. “We can confirm that Bing was inaccessible in China, but service is now restored,” a Microsoft spokesperson told The Verge.
Can bing be disabled?
Luckily Bing is really easy to disable, and you’ll just need to get to the Cortana search settings screen — the easiest way to do this is to type “cortana settings” into the Start Menu and choose the “Cortana & Search settings” item.
When I was writing we ran into the question “How to disable Bing search in Windows 10?”.
Close the Registry Editor and test your Windows search. Bing search should now be disabled in all your Windows 10 searches. It should only show you local results. If it isn’t working then restart your PC for the changes to take effect.
To edit the safe search Bing preferences, you need to look at the top right corner and the menu represented by 3 bars. If you do not see the Safe. Search option in the drop down, then go to Settings > More. Then you will see the safe search options on top of the screen.
Are Bing’s search results bad?
Again: Bing’s search results are weird and twisted. Bing has a much bigger, more profound problem than just suggested searches, although those suggestions make the problem much worse.
This is a good idea if children are surfing the web and you do not wish to get surprised by offensive search results slipping through filters. Bing also lets you report websites with adult content, if they are entering your search results with the strict filter on.