Microsoft is Attracting Growing Criticism for Censoring Bing in China
- Human-rights groups say company should consider pulling out
- Marco Rubio says ‘no defending censorship’ at Beijing’s behest
Bing in China has been removing an increasing amount of information about human rights, democracy, climate change and other topics to satisfy Beijing.
Photographer: Gabby Jones/BloombergA second US Senator has attacked Microsoft Corp.’s operations in China, adding to a wave of criticism from human rights groups following a Bloomberg Businessweek investigation about the way it censors its Bing search engine in the country.
Senator Marco Rubio, Republican from Florida, said in an emailed statement that there’s “no defending” such compliance from any US company. Bloomberg’s story found that Bing in China is removing an increasing amount of information about human rights, democracy, climate change and other topics to satisfy Beijing.