Microsoft claimed to eWEEK that it had fixed a controversial bug that made Bing Image Search deliver pro-Chinese-government results in response to politically sensitive queries. Independent testing by eWEEK seemed to deliver a more balanced mix of images in response to certain search terms, such as Tiananmen Incident, while others produced what could be seen as more sanitized results. Both Microsoft and Google have been trying to expand their search franchises into China, which represents a substantial market.
– Microsoft
claims it fixed a controversial quot;bug quot; that made Bing Image Search
deliver uniformly pro-Chinese-government results to politically sensitive
queries inputted in Simplified Chinese.
Bing came under fire on Nov. 20 from New York Times columnist Nicholas
Kristof, who accused Mi…