Microsoft Debuts New Transparency Hub, New Transparency Report
Microsoft launched a transparency website that merges its existing transparency reports, including the Law Enforcement Requests Report and U.S. National Security Orders Report, with a new report that details requests Microsoft receives to remove online content from its Bing search…
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engine, Microsoft Deputy General Counsel John Frank wrote in a blog post Wednesday. The new Content Removal Requests Report “illustrates how Microsoft strives to comply with local and intellectual property laws while adhering to our commitment to transparency and free expression,” Frank said. He said Microsoft has established a general set of guidelines to cover the different types of online content removal requests, from copyright to right to be forgotten, by requiring the requests be made in writing; communicating to users that the content has been removed from search results; and limiting content removal to specific markets, except in the case of copyright requests where content is removed globally, Frank said. Microsoft’s Transparency Hub “will continue to evolve” as the company gathers information on other topics and seeks to provide customers with a better understanding of how Microsoft works, Frank said.