China demands Microsoft's Bing suspend auto-suggest feature for seven days

China ordered Microsoft's to suspend its Bing web search engine's auto-complete prediction function for seven days, following a similar ban last December. — REUTERS

China has ordered Microsoft's Bing global search platform to suspend the function of auto-complete predictions for seven days on Monday.

"The relevant government institution has requested that Bing China suspend the auto-suggest feature in mainland China for seven days in accordance with Chinese laws," China office of the search engine said in a statement, reported Sputnik.