A Microsoft search engine has made it harder in North America to look up people who are politically sensitive for China, according to a cybersecurity and surveillance group report.

Bing’s autofill system, which offers guesses on what users are searching for after a few keystrokes, often fell silent in connection to names the Chinese government deems sensitive, Citizen Lab said in the report Thursday.

This post first appeared on wsj.com

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