Microsoft’s Bing blocked in China
Microsoft-owned search engine Bing has been blocked in China.
“We’ve confirmed that Bing is currently inaccessible in China and are engaged to determine next steps,” a Microsoft spokesperson told Mashable.
The news was first reported by theFinancial Times. Chinese state-owned telecommunications operator China Unicom told one of the FT’s “two sources familiar with the matter” that Bing had been blocked after a government order.
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Chinese mainland users had reportedly posted on social media about their inability to access Bing’s cn.bing.com, while those outside the country could still access it (we could load the page in Australia and the U.S.).
According to the FT, attempts to access the site in China resulted in a “connection error,” in which Chinese nameservers could not retrieve the IP address of Bing’s China site.
“This form of nameserver corruption has been often used by the Chinese government to block platforms,” read the report.
The move would make Microsoft the latest U.S
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