Microsoft Search Engine Bing Temporarily Censors Tiananmen Square ‘Tank Man’ Photo

Microsoft Search Engine Bing Temporarily Censors Tiananmen Square ‘Tank Man’ Photo

A man stands in front of a column of tanks on the the Avenue of Eternal Peace in Beijing, China, June 1989. (Stringer/Reuters)

Microsoft’s search engine Bing temporarily blocked searches for the famous image of a man standing in front of a column of tanks at Tiananmen Square in 1989, in a move the company said was made in error.

The action came on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, during which Chinese soldiers gunned down students and other pro-democracy protesters. Bing users searching for “tank…

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