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A lot of websites are censored around the world, and it's not just from search results: you can't access the actual sites. In the middle east, it's porn. In China, no Facebook. In France, it's Netflix. I see no reason why this is on Microsoft.

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the problem though is that they use strict Saudi Wahabi standards for relatively liberal countries like Lebanon and Egypt.

Microsoft is going above and beyond what is required of them in terms of censorship.

Don't dating sites have an 18 year age limit despite different states having different ages of consent, etc? It's just easier than making a fine grained filter.

Not sure. Although I have seen many sites and companies have contests where it's not applicable to certain provinces or states. Also I think states vs countries is a bit different. Why not then just apply the saudi standards to our content as well?

Netflix is not censored in France. I'm sitting in my coach in Avignon right now watching Breaking Bad while reading HN.

You beast, you.

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