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Title: Bing censors "Tank Man" search
Post by: nobodyjune61944 on June 04, 2021, 05:06:21 PM
The commie suckups at the USA tech giants have censored all searches (including in the good ole USA) for "Tank Man" from the Tiananmen Square protest/massacre on behalf of the Chinese Communists.

No, this is not satire.

see: https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj8v9m/bing-censors-tank-man
Title: Re: Bing censors "Tank Man" search
Post by: al_infierno on June 04, 2021, 05:11:17 PM
Shows up fine for me if I make the search term a little less generic than just "tank man."

https://www.bing.com/search?q=tank+man&form=QBLH&sp=-1&pq=tank+man&sc=0-8&qs=n&sk=&cvid=B729FBF1126D4D1F9638D502C1C0AD81

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Tiananmen+Square+Massacre+Tank&form=RESTAB&first=1&tsc=ImageHoverTitle
Title: Re: Bing censors "Tank Man" search
Post by: Gusington on June 04, 2021, 09:42:29 PM
The famous pic showed up right away for me using 'Tianamen Square Tank Man' using Google images.
Title: Re: Bing censors "Tank Man" search
Post by: Jarhead0331 on June 04, 2021, 10:12:02 PM
Quote from: Gusington on June 04, 2021, 09:42:29 PM
The famous pic showed up right away for me using 'Tianamen Square Tank Man' using Google images.

He's talking about bing...not google.
Title: Re: Bing censors "Tank Man" search
Post by: steve58 on June 05, 2021, 09:08:25 AM
Interesting how when these cases of censorship are brought into the light, they always get blamed on "human error" (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/human-error-led-no-matching-bing-images-tiananmen-tank-man-n1269727).
Title: Re: Bing censors "Tank Man" search
Post by: al_infierno on June 05, 2021, 03:45:53 PM
Communism was a pretty big human error, so I guess that explanation checks out.   :-"
Title: Re: Bing censors "Tank Man" search
Post by: jejo68 on September 19, 2021, 03:09:32 PM
Quote from: al_infierno on June 05, 2021, 03:45:53 PM
Communism was a pretty big human error, so I guess that explanation checks out.   :-"

Was ?
Title: Re: Bing censors "Tank Man" search
Post by: solops on September 19, 2021, 03:22:43 PM
Quote from: jejo68 on September 19, 2021, 03:09:32 PM
Quote from: al_infierno on June 05, 2021, 03:45:53 PM
Communism was a pretty big human error, so I guess that explanation checks out.   :-"

Was ?
Well, yeah. They fixed it, right?
Title: Re: Bing censors "Tank Man" search
Post by: Jarhead0331 on September 19, 2021, 03:29:06 PM
This should have been in R&P, which is locked for the time being, so this thread will now be too.