Bing Users Change Translation Of 'Daesh' To Saudi Arabia, Enraging The Kingdom
Bing search engine and its parent U.S.-based company Microsoft are
coming under fire from users in Saudi Arabia after it was shown that
Bing translated “Daesh,” the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group,
to “Saudi Arabia.” Angry Saudis took to Twitter using an Arabic hashtag
that translates to “Microsoft Insults Saudi’ where many were calling for boycotting the search engine and Microsoft.
A poster made by Saudi Twitter users calling for a boycott of the Bing search engine. (Photo: Twitter/@waled_alshmmri
