Microsoft’s Bing Blocks Gay Search Results in Arab Countries

Microsoft’s Bing search engine blocks out “sexually explicit” results and gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender queries in Arab countries, claimed the Open Net Initiative late last week. The group carried out a test in January of Bing as intended for Middle Eastern sensibilities and found that it filtered Arabic and English words related to saucy material available online.

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