Microsoft pulls Russian news sources from Bing and Start news app Channel Asia


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Credit: Dreamstime Microsoft has chosen to avoid the spread of disinformation by de-ranking Russian state-sponsored sites Russia Today and Sputnik from the company's Bing search results. In a post authored by president and chairman Brad Smith, the company said that it was taking action on both fronts in response to the conflict in Ukraine. Consumers will see the most high-profile reaction in the Microsoft Bing search engine, which has less than six per cent market share in the United States, according to Statcounter . Microsoft said that they would refuse to display content authored by Sputnik and Russia Today on...