WF-LOI9FL
Bing censors image search for 'Tank Man' even in US
Microsoft's Bing search engine is not displaying image results for the search term 'Tank Man', even when accessed from the United States. The censorship was observed on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. Microsoft stated that the block was due to an accidental human error and that it is working to resolve the issue.
- Date it happened
- 2021-06-04
- Organisation involved
- Microsoft
- Product, system or model
- Bing
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