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>>rcoves+(OP)
As discussed extensively in the Bing thread [0] comments, this is because DDG uses Bing’s search index.

Microsoft has acknowledged this is in error...[1] (though the error seems to be that censorship meant to just apply to China is being applied everywhere)

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27395635

[1] https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj8v9m/bing-censors-tank-man

>>varenc+FV
A Microsoft spokesperson told Motherboard in an email that "This is due to an accidental human error and we are actively working to resolve this."

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There is no way this is due to an accidental human error. The lying on this point is infuriating.

>>ALittl+f01
Why not. A human was asked to fulfill a request to block the "tank man" search in China and forgot to add the country restriction.

There is no way to know if it is true, but it is definitely possible. This is probably an interface that isn't used incredibly frequently and may not be as polished as one might hope.

>>kevinc+o51
We certainly know that explantation isn't true because they are continuing to censor the results after "fixing it". Searching "tank man" now gets you images of tanks and men and not the iconic image. We know they could get it right if they wanted to because the non-image search for the phrase works.

>>ALittl+g61
The iconic image comes up for me, could just be rolling out to massive infrastructure takes a hot minute