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Since these pages will likely be updated, here are the archived links as proof of this happening: https://web.archive.org/web/20210604192821/https://www.bing.c

Since these pages will likely be updated, here are the archived links as proof of this happening: https://web.archive.org/web/20210604192821/https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=tank+man https://web.archive.org/web/20210604192821/https://www.bing.... https://web.archive.org/web/20210604180506/https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?q=tank+man https://web.archive.org/web/20210604180506/https://images.se... https://web.archive.org/web/20210604194355/https://www.ecosia.org/images?q=tank+man https://web.archive.org/web/20210604194355/https://www.ecosi... https://web.archive.org/web/20210604194336/https://search.aol.com/aol/image?q=tank+man https://web.archive.org/web/20210604194336/https://search.ao... Some people probably think "nobody uses Bing", but Bing powers a lot of different search engines (Yahoo, Ecosia, AOL, DuckDuckGo, and more). It's the default search engine on millions of devices (Windows, and even if you change it, Windows search still uses it; Xbox uses it as well.)

ddlatham 5y ago
Looks like it has now been updated and returns images of various tanks and male athletes, but still no images of what seems most relevant to the phrase - the iconic Tiananmen Square photograph that goes by that name.
- mfkp 5y ago
  I noticed the same thing: It looks like microsoft caught on and is now returning generic results of "tank" or "man": https://imgur.com/sGEQRXe https://imgur.com/sGEQRXe https://imgur.com/DjtXltn https://imgur.com/DjtXltn
- karamanolev 5y ago
  Still returns the same (no results) for images, at least for me.
- dalbasal 5y ago
  This is where it gets distressing. I'm now seeing tank man, it's image number 27... recently posted news article. When a page returns "no results," something is obviously being banned or censored... at least we know. If the action is less explicit, we can't really know for sure what's happening. How do you distinguish tank man losing prominence from the millions of people complaining that their posts, sites or whatnot aren't receiving a fair amount of exposure?
  - bombcar 5y ago
    Twenty minutes ago I got random tanks. Now I get the expected results.
- mr_toad 5y ago
  I get tanks, and men in tank tops. Google image search results are all photos of tank man.
- canada_dry 5y ago
  Wow. Yup, the results are being tweaked as we speak, which in-and-of-itself its pretty interesting actually i.e. that the BING keepers manipulate specific results on-the-fly. I'm not sure that's reassuring/comforting!
  - phreeza 5y ago
    What do you mean my manipulate? That implies there is some kind of "natural" order that is being deviated from, which there isn't. It's all defined by the "bing keepers".
    - canada_dry 5y ago
      Manipulate as in: the general ranking algorithms were explicitly overridden for a very specific search phase. I guess it shouldn't really surprise anyone that they have this capability for edge cases, but it begs the question what other results are being manipulated for political or corporate self interest.
      - phreeza 5y ago
        I think one should also not have any illusion that the general ranking algorithm is somehow special and untarnished. It is also optimized for Bing revenue, not any kind of higher ideal.
        cc9one 5y ago
        How can you come to the conclusion that Bing is solely optimized for revenue?
        emteycz 5y ago
        It's owned by a for-profit corporation.
        bingbong70 5y ago
thebigspacefuck 5y ago
I saw results (none of actual tank man) but I searched again a few times and still see no results found.
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actuator 5y ago
It seems like their safe search is hiding even search results for other related search terms. I am not sure how they were moderated to be not safe. https://archive.is/KOTNB https://archive.is/KOTNB I hope Microsoft has a good write up on how this happened, both on the search term blanket ban and the safe search results thing.
- cm2187 5y ago
  I still get nothing with safe search off
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rsa25519 5y ago
Also try searching "journalist in blue" via the default (not image) article search on Bing. It lacks the relevant results found on Google or DuckDuckGo.
armSixtyFour 5y ago
Qwant also shows no results. https://web.archive.org/web/20210605040421/https://www.qwant.com/?t=images&q=tank+man https://web.archive.org/web/20210605040421/https://www.qwant...

ddlatham 5y ago

Looks like it has now been updated and returns images of various tanks and male athletes, but still no images of what seems most relevant to the phrase - the iconic Tiananmen Square photograph that goes by that name.

mfkp 5y ago
I noticed the same thing: It looks like microsoft caught on and is now returning generic results of "tank" or "man": https://imgur.com/sGEQRXe https://imgur.com/sGEQRXe https://imgur.com/DjtXltn https://imgur.com/DjtXltn
karamanolev 5y ago
Still returns the same (no results) for images, at least for me.
dalbasal 5y ago
This is where it gets distressing. I'm now seeing tank man, it's image number 27... recently posted news article. When a page returns "no results," something is obviously being banned or censored... at least we know. If the action is less explicit, we can't really know for sure what's happening. How do you distinguish tank man losing prominence from the millions of people complaining that their posts, sites or whatnot aren't receiving a fair amount of exposure?
- bombcar 5y ago
  Twenty minutes ago I got random tanks. Now I get the expected results.
mr_toad 5y ago
I get tanks, and men in tank tops. Google image search results are all photos of tank man.
canada_dry 5y ago
Wow. Yup, the results are being tweaked as we speak, which in-and-of-itself its pretty interesting actually i.e. that the BING keepers manipulate specific results on-the-fly. I'm not sure that's reassuring/comforting!
- phreeza 5y ago
  What do you mean my manipulate? That implies there is some kind of "natural" order that is being deviated from, which there isn't. It's all defined by the "bing keepers".
  - canada_dry 5y ago
    Manipulate as in: the general ranking algorithms were explicitly overridden for a very specific search phase. I guess it shouldn't really surprise anyone that they have this capability for edge cases, but it begs the question what other results are being manipulated for political or corporate self interest.
    - phreeza 5y ago
      I think one should also not have any illusion that the general ranking algorithm is somehow special and untarnished. It is also optimized for Bing revenue, not any kind of higher ideal.
      - cc9one 5y ago
        How can you come to the conclusion that Bing is solely optimized for revenue?
        emteycz 5y ago
        It's owned by a for-profit corporation.
        bingbong70 5y ago

thebigspacefuck 5y ago

I saw results (none of actual tank man) but I searched again a few times and still see no results found.

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actuator 5y ago

It seems like their safe search is hiding even search results for other related search terms. I am not sure how they were moderated to be not safe. https://archive.is/KOTNB https://archive.is/KOTNB I hope Microsoft has a good write up on how this happened, both on the search term blanket ban and the safe search results thing.

cm2187 5y ago
I still get nothing with safe search off

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rsa25519 5y ago

Also try searching "journalist in blue" via the default (not image) article search on Bing. It lacks the relevant results found on Google or DuckDuckGo.

armSixtyFour 5y ago

Qwant also shows no results. https://web.archive.org/web/20210605040421/https://www.qwant.com/?t=images&q=tank+man https://web.archive.org/web/20210605040421/https://www.qwant...