Bing, the search engine owned by Microsoft, is not displaying image results for a search for "Tank man," even when searching from the United States. The apparent censorship comes on the anniversary of China's violent crackdown on protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989.

"There are no results for tank man," the Bing website reads after searching for the term. "Tank man" relates to the infamous image of a single protester standing in front of a line of Chinese tanks during the crackdown.

A Microsoft spokesperson told Motherboard in an email that "This is due to an accidental human error and we are actively working to resolve this."

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z3d OP wrote on June 4, 2021 at 9:34 PM

Let Microsoft know you care: https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=tank+man

dontvisitmyintentions wrote on June 5, 2021 at 3:58 AM

They show it now, including reports that Bing blocked it at the top. I bet some intern fat-fingered the country list.

Wingless wrote on June 15, 2021 at 7:50 PM

Looks like a plain old copyvio: https://www.concrete-online.co.uk/chinese-censorship-tank-man-sold-to-chinese-firm/ After all, once you believe the right of people to see and share images is "property", how can you object to China?

burnerben wrote on June 5, 2021 at 1:00 AM (edited on June 7, 2021 at 1:53 AM)

duck duck go all the way

Edit: i stand corrected.

TallestSkil wrote on June 5, 2021 at 1:34 PM

CuckCuckShlomo is no good, either.

BlackWinnerYoshi wrote on June 5, 2021 at 2:00 PM

Especially since DuckDuckGo mostly relies on Bing for its results. All search engines suck, of course, but the best choice for now is searX.

burnerben wrote on June 6, 2021 at 12:03 AM

disappointing.