Microsoft to crack down on content promoting extremist acts

Microsoft's move: The company will ban "terrorist content" on some services.

SAN FRANCISCO: With the world growing more concerned about attacks by militant groups on civilians, Microsoft Corp outlined new policies to crack down what it called "terrorist content" on some of its consumer services.

In a blog post, the company said it would ban what it called "terrorist content" on some services such as gaming tool Xbox Live, the consumer version of its Outlook e-mail service, and its consumer documents-sharing service.