Microsoft forced to suspend auto-suggest function in China for seven days
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Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is temporarily suspending its auto-suggest function on its Bing search engine in China for seven days, according to Reuters.
Bing, the only foreign search engine available in December, stopped the feature on Saturday, after it was first spotted by several Chinese internet users.

"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.
Microsoft (MSFT) did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Seeking Alpha.
It was not immediately clear why the Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft stopped the function.
Microsoft (MSFT) shares fell slightly less than 0.5% to $298.99 in premarket trading.
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