Microsoft confirms Bing is down in China
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Microsoft confirms Bing is down in China
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Re: Microsoft confirms Bing is down in China
#2And, Microsoft even follows China’s censorship rules.
Employees of tech companies protest when their companies collaborate with defense departments. But, yet those employees aren’t very loud when it comes to censorship.
Re: Microsoft confirms Bing is down in China
#3This actually surprises me for how much effort Microsoft puts into being compliant with China. Last year China took down Yahoo! too, despite Yahoo's relationship with Alibaba.
I was an expat last year and with Google (& DuckDuckGo) blocked I already had pretty few options of search engine. Short of learning enough Chinese to manage Baidu, I can't imagine how hard it would be to use internet as a foreigner in China now.
Re: Microsoft confirms Bing is down in China
#4This actually surprises me for how much effort Microsoft puts into being compliant with China. Last year China took down Yahoo! too, despite Yahoo's relationship with Alibaba. I was an expat last year and with Google (& DuckDuckGo) blocked I already had pretty few options of search engine. Short of learning enough Chinese to manage Baidu, I can't imagine how hard it would be to use internet as a foreigner in China no…
I've seen business travelers carrying two smartphones: one for the Chinese Internet, and the other one for going around the firewall.
Re: Microsoft confirms Bing is down in China
#5And, Microsoft even follows China’s censorship rules. Employees of tech companies protest when their companies collaborate with defense departments. But, yet those employees aren’t very loud when it comes to censorship.
Re: Microsoft confirms Bing is down in China
#6And, Microsoft even follows China’s censorship rules. Employees of tech companies protest when their companies collaborate with defense departments. But, yet those employees aren’t very loud when it comes to censorship.
Some counter points from Google: http://time.com/5370059/china-google-protest-censorship/ https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/29/18117400/google-china-pe... https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/11/27/employees-petition-...
Very good! Thanks for educating me.
Re: Microsoft confirms Bing is down in China
#7This actually surprises me for how much effort Microsoft puts into being compliant with China. Last year China took down Yahoo! too, despite Yahoo's relationship with Alibaba. I was an expat last year and with Google (& DuckDuckGo) blocked I already had pretty few options of search engine. Short of learning enough Chinese to manage Baidu, I can't imagine how hard it would be to use internet as a foreigner in China no…
is it possible to use a VPN in the PR of China?
Re: Microsoft confirms Bing is down in China
#8This actually surprises me for how much effort Microsoft puts into being compliant with China. Last year China took down Yahoo! too, despite Yahoo's relationship with Alibaba. I was an expat last year and with Google (& DuckDuckGo) blocked I already had pretty few options of search engine. Short of learning enough Chinese to manage Baidu, I can't imagine how hard it would be to use internet as a foreigner in China no…
is it possible to use a VPN in the PR of China?
It's tricky. But doable. I know because I have done it on all three of my trips there.
Re: Microsoft confirms Bing is down in China
#9And, Microsoft even follows China’s censorship rules. Employees of tech companies protest when their companies collaborate with defense departments. But, yet those employees aren’t very loud when it comes to censorship.
Microsoft never promised to be a world-healing company.