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    Bing is censoring Tank Man search results

    Bing is censoring images of the Tiananmen Square “tank man” image. DuckDuckGo, who uses Bing’s search backend, is too.

    Here’s the result of a Bing search for “tank man” with safe search on the default “moderate” setting:

    Bing's "safe search: moderate" result for "tank man"

    Perhaps the image is too graphic and safe search is hiding the results? No. Turning safe search off gives the same answer:

    Bing's "safe search: off" result for "tank man"

    At first, DuckDuckGo was returning 4 images of men next to tanks:

    DDG's first "safe search: moderate" result for "tank man"

    Shortly afterward, it was updated so that the exact same search settings didn’t return anything at all:

    DDG's later "safe search: moderate" result for "tank man"

    DuckDuckGo’s “safe search: off” results were empty from the start:

    DDG's "safe search: off" result for "tank man"

    Full credit to Google here who returns a long list of images:

    Google's default settings search result for "tank man"

    Shame on you, Microsoft, for censoring this important historical record.