Some of Our Sources
- BoingBoing
- Web Designer Wall
- Just Creative
- Joshua Blankenship
- Smashing Magazine
- TutsPlus - Design
- Creative Curio
- Reencoded
- Stylized Web
- Codrops
Help Webnuz
Referal links:
June 4, 2021 08:40 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/P4gVpvnfsHI/bing-censors-image-search-for-tank-man-even-in-us
Bing Censors Image Search for 'Tank Man' Even in US
Bing, the search engine owned by Microsoft, is not displaying image results for a search for "Tank man," even when searching from the United States. The apparent censorship comes on the anniversary of China's violent crackdown on protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989. From a report: "There are no results for tank man," the Bing website reads after searching for the term. "Tank man" relates to the infamous image of a single protester standing in front of a line of Chinese tanks during the crackdown. China censors and blocks distribution of discussion of tank man and Tiananmen Square more generally. This year, anniversary events in Hong Kong have dwindled in size after authorities banned a vigil. Motherboard verified that the issue also impacts image searches on Yahoo and DuckDuckGo, which both use Bing.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/P4gVpvnfsHI/bing-censors-image-search-for-tank-man-even-in-us
Share this article:
Tweet
View Full Article
Slashdot
Slashdot was originally created in September of 1997 by Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda. Today it is owned by Geeknet, Inc..More About this Source Visit Slashdot