Microsoft blocks Bing from showing image results for Tiananmen ‘tank man’
by Julia Carrie Wong and Reuters from Technology | The Guardian on (#5JP6H)
Company blames human error' after users in US, Germany, Singapore and France reported no results shown on the crackdown's anniversary
Microsoft has blamed human error after its search engine, Bing, blocked image and video results for the phrase tank man" - a reference to the iconic image of a lone protester facing down tanks during the 1989 protests in Tiananmen Square - on the 32nd anniversary of the military crackdown.
Users reported that no results were shown for the search query in countries including the US, Germany, Singapore, France and Switzerland, according to Reuters and Vice News.
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