SHANGHAI – Microsoft Corp’s Bing, the only major foreign search engine available in China, said a “relevant government agency” has required it to suspend its auto-suggest function in China for seven days.
The suspension marks the second of its kind for Bing since December.
“Bing is a global search platform and remains committed to respecting the rule of law and users’ right to access information,” Bing said on its Chinese search site according to Reuters.
Bing did not specify a reason for the suspension. Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In August, Beijing’s top cyber regulator published draft rules dictating how internet platforms can.
A finalised version of the rules came into effect this month.
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