Posted on 12/10/2023 6:12:10 AM PST by MtnClimber
As I’ve previously noted, Microsoft’s Bing browser now utilizes an AI search engine that seems to exhibit a distinct bias towards left-leaning sites.
The Washington Free Beacon recently obtained documents showing that Microsoft made a deal with Chinese state-run media outlets disseminate propaganda as part of a partnership agreement they didn't tell too many people about.
According to the Beacon:
Microsoft helped Chinese state-run media outlets disseminate propaganda as part of previously unreported partnership agreements, documents obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show.
The nation’s second largest corporation signed collaboration deals with state-run Chinese media outlets including China Daily and People’s Daily, the latter of which is the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Chinese government. Summaries of the deal state Microsoft would provide China Daily with technology that lets the paper target potential readers and gave the People’s Daily access to an artificial intelligence bot specially designed to be controlled and censored by the Chinese Communist Party.
According to the Beacon, Geoffrey Cain, who is the policy director at the Tech Integrity Project, an organization attempting to fight Chinese Communist Party influence in American tech companies: "These are major propaganda outlets that publish outright falsehoods attacking the ideas of democracy, attacking the very concepts that undergird our society, and yet an American company is working to spread this.” Cain added, referring to Microsoft, "The purpose of all this is to show the Chinese Communist Party that it’s firmly on the side of China and the Chinese system.” So, apparently, are numerous American companies, ominously including other tech firms, Hollywood studios, and the NBA.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
What is it with the tech companies and leftism/communism?
One will be interested to see the replies to that question...
In the case of Microsoft, look no further than this power hungry dork who's still wringing his hands over the decision to use ctrl-alt-delete as the way to log into Windows.
We probably should require congressional oversight of all contracts signed with the CCP. It is an enemy nation & we can’t tolerate it violating our constitutional rights in any way, shape or form.
No kidding.
Raw Story, Meidas Touch, Flush back Salloon, MSLSD. Occasionally Faux.
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