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>>rcoves+(OP)
https://twitter.com/MikaelThalen/status/1400906032176640004

A Microsoft spokesperson tells me that "accidental human error" is to blame for missing images of "tank man" on its Bing search results.

"We are actively working to resolve this."

The incident comes on the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre.

>>iso163+xL
There's no way it was accidental. It could have been a rogue employee that pushed something globally that was supposed to be limited to China...but the idea that it was an accident on the anniversary sounds like a made up story.

>>partia+HP
Or it could have been a normal employee that ticked the "censor everywhere" box rather than "censor china"

>>iso163+bR
But why would it happen today? The term is likely censored year round in China, why would it suddenly go from China to global?

>>partia+RR
Possibly because the filter was updated/refined in preparation for more traffic and new potentially prohibited results, and during that update process the geographic range of the filter was accidentally set to be worldwide.