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title: "Microsoft: The Censorship of Bing's \"Tank Man\" was a Fault!"  
description: "On Microsoft’s search platform Bing, seeking for “Tank Man,” the incredible figure from the 1989 Tiananmen Square rallies in China, rolled out as no i"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2021-06-07  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/734/microsoft-the-censorship-of-bing-s-tank-man-was-a-fault  
category: "microsoft"  
tags: ["microsoft", "news", "microsoft service"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Microsoft: The Censorship of Bing's "Tank Man" was a Fault!

On [Microsoft](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12301/microsoft-is-trying-to-kill-passwords)’s search [platform](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13080/wikipedia-the-most-powerful-advertising-platform-of-the-digital-age) Bing, seeking for “**Tank Man**,” the incredible figure from the 1989 [Tiananmen Square](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/101297/what-occurred-during-the-tiananmen-square-protests) rallies in China, rolled out as no [image found](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/12868/display-no-image-found-when-image-src-returns-no-image) in the [United States](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2228/the-united-states-claims-seagate-broke-export-laws-by-selling-huawei-hard-drives) for the portion of Friday. Vice was capable to provide the same [outcomes](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/254/poor-outcomes-of-skill-india) in the US and gathered from various users from different nations who escaped into the identical problem.

Stranger, however, searching “**Tank Man**” or “**Tiananmen Square Tank Man**” aimed up normal search outcomes in Bing, it’s simply pictures that were mysteriously avoiding.

![Microsoft: The Censorship of Bing](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/634367/2e562b16-e654-4c2e-b02a-b57d71d37c0a/images/79fde448-112a-420e-8b96-33a958de23f9.jpeg)\

Microsoft did ultimately replace effects to the particular search, though it’s yet noticeably avoiding the well-known picture. Attaching in a remark of “**Tiananmen**” or “**Tiananmen Square**” picks up what you’d suppose, though. It’s not obvious why Bing would consider the general picture of tanks more profoundly than a famous piece of visual records, but we have stretched out to Microsoft to witness if that’s reasonable.

![Microsoft: The Censorship of Bing](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/634367/2e562b16-e654-4c2e-b02a-b57d71d37c0a/images/93f0c521-cd3f-4538-a997-24b4b20eaaee.jpeg)\

Bing’s appearance in China is slightly confused. The [search engine](https://www.mindstick.com/services/search-engine-optimization) left the country for approximately a day in 2019 apparently because China Unicom, the state-owned telecom firm, was directed to block it, as per the [Financial](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13120/an-expert-financial-advice-will-improve-your-finances) Times. Microsoft did not reveal the purpose of the interruption, but the assistance was ultimately recovered.

![Microsoft: The Censorship of Bing](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/634367/2e562b16-e654-4c2e-b02a-b57d71d37c0a/images/791610e9-1c41-46c9-aff5-684697da21dd.jpeg)\

Google’s experienced problems examining a revised variant of [Google Search](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12393/google-search-adds-new-personal-tab-to-showcase-only-your-content-results) for China but opposed harsh pushback from [operators](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/716/php-operators) and US governors over how the outcome could affect users in the nation.

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