SafeSearch is designed to “help keep adult content out of your search results,” according to Microsoft.Ĭlicking this suggested search unleashes a torrent of racist, antisemitic content, with more suggested searches like “Jewish People Are Evil,” “The Evil Jewish Race,” and “Why Are Jews so Evil.” Search for “jews” on Bing Images and Bing suggests you search for “Evil Jew.” The top results also include a meme that appears to celebrate dead Jewish people.Īll of this appears even when Bing’s SafeSearch option is enabled, as it is by default. The same problem affects Bing’s video search. This is a Bing problem, not just a search engine problem. Google didn’t have any of these problems, according to our tests. Note: The screenshots here show what we saw when we wrote this piece testing the US version of Bing Image search in an Incognito private browsing session, but Bing’s results shift over time. We are unsure if they are simply fixing the offensive items we pointed out, or if they are improving the algorithm. ![]() Based on our research, there are still many other offensive suggestions that have not yet been fixed, including a few that we’ve mentioned below. Update: Since publication, Microsoft has been working on cleaning up the offensive Bing suggestions that we mentioned. ![]() As soon as we become aware of an issue, we take action to address it.” ![]() “We take matters of offensive content very seriously and continue to enhance our systems to identify and prevent such content from appearing as a suggested search. We contacted Microsoft for comment, and Jeff Jones, Senior Director at Microsoft, gave us the following statement: Bing will even suggest you search for exploited children if you have SafeSearch disabled. Bing suggests racist terms and shows horrifying images. If you use Bing’s image search, you’re going to see the worst filth you can imagine.
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