Microsoft claims that human error is the reason users couldn’t find image or video results when they searched the term « tank man » on Friday.
Microsoft claims that “accidental human error” was the reason Bing didn’t show image results for the search term “tank man” on the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Users searching the term on either Bing or DuckDuckGo on Friday found no image or video results, according to The Guardian. Countries impacted by this include the US, the UK, France, Germany, Singapore, and Switzerland. The issue occurred on the same day as the anniversary of China’s 1989 massacre of student protesters in Tiananmen Square. While highly suspicious, Microsoft claims that there was no ill-intent behind the issue.
