On Microsoft’s search engine Bing, trying to find “Tank Man,” the enduring determine from the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in China, turned up no picture leads to the United States for a part of Friday. Vice was able to produce the same results within the US, and heard from a number of customers from different international locations who bumped into the identical concern.

Stranger nonetheless, looking “Tank Man” or “Tiananmen Square Tank Man” turned up regular search leads to Bing, it’s simply photographs that had been mysteriously lacking. When The Verge contacted Microsoft for a proof, it mentioned “This is due to an accidental human error and we are actively working to resolve this.”

It’s an sadly timed accident provided that June 4th, 2021 is the thirty second anniversary of the student-led protests in China — an rebellion in response to adjustments within the nation that was met with assault rifles, tanks, and a bloodbath. Microsoft did finally restore outcomes to the precise search, although it’s nonetheless noticeably lacking the well-known picture. Adding in a point out of “Tiananmen” or “Tiananmen Square” pulls up what you’d count on, nevertheless. It’s not clear why Bing would weigh generic photographs of tanks extra closely than a well-known piece of visible historical past, however we’ve reached out to Microsoft see if that’s regular.

Bing’s presence in China is considerably difficult. The search engine disappeared from the nation for almost a day in 2019 seemingly as a result of China Unicom, the state-owned telecom firm, was ordered to dam it, according to the Financial Times. Microsoft didn’t disclose the reason for the outage, however service was finally restored.

Google’s skilled points exploring a modified model of Google Search for China, however confronted harsh pushback from staff and US regulators over how the product might affect customers within the nation.