China blocked Microsoft’s Search Engine ‘Bing’: World News

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The major foreign search engine Bing from Microsoft been blocked in China as per their Government order.

DNS error occurred to all the Chinese social media users and Microsoft started investigating the situation.

“We’ve confirmed that Bing is currently inaccessible in China and are engaged to determine next steps,” a Microsoft spokesperson said in a brief statement, hours after saying the company was investigating the matter.

The Chinese government’s extreme online censorship and extensive monitoring activities have come to be derisively known as “The Great Firewall.” Some of the most popular media platforms and news websites outside of the country, like Facebook, YouTube and The New York Times, are completely inaccessible in China.

Google is currently in the midst of developing a search engine that complies with China’s censorship laws, although the move has faced strong opposition from employees and human rights activists alike.

Baidu the Tech giant of China holds over 70 percent of the search engine market share, followed by two other Chinese companies Shenma and Haosu and Microsoft Bing with less than two percent.

Though the Bing blocked in China, other Microsoft services were still in access.