Microsoftâs Bing Briefly Blocked âTank Manâ on Tiananmen Anniversary
Users outside China said the site had failed to call up videos and images of the iconic figure from the 1989 crackdown.
The unknown person who blocked a column of tanks in Beijing after Chinaâs military crushed the Tiananmen Square protests has become known as the âtank man.âCredit.Jeff Widener/Associated Press
June 5, 2021, 6:54 a.m. ET
Microsoftâs Bing search engine briefly blocked images and videos of the famous âtank manâ of Tiananmen Square on Friday, the anniversary of Chinaâs massacre of pro-democracy protesters in 1989, in what the company said was an error.
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