Friday, 24 March, 2023

China requests Microsoft's Bing to suspend its auto-suggest feature

<p>Bing, the only major global search engine available in China, says it had been ordered by a &quot;relevant government agency&quot; to suspend its auto-suggest feature for seven days in China. Bing&#39;s suspension is the company&#39;s second since December, and it comes amid Beijing&#39;s increasing crackdown on technological platforms and algorithms. The reason for the suspension was not revealed by Bing. The shutdown was initially noticed by Chinese internet users on Saturday.</p>