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Ask HN: “Tank man” image search blocked on Bing and DuckDuckGo

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Re: Ask HN: “Tank man” image search blocked on Bing and DuckDuckGo

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Very suspicious. I suspect employees are flagging this post, but my suspicions aren’t really founded. Is there a way to unflag?

Normally @dang turns up to clarify and fix things Posts are flagged if a certain number of users flag them, not just mods/admins.

Is it possible to ban all users that flagged this post? Or at the very least permanently disable their downvoting and flagging power?

Re: Ask HN: “Tank man” image search blocked on Bing and DuckDuckGo

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post #81
post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Normally @dang turns up to clarify and fix things Posts are flagged if a certain number of users flag them, not just mods/admins.

Is it possible to ban all users that flagged this post? Or at the very least permanently disable their downvoting and flagging power?

There was another submission about tank man, just a CNN article on it. That submission has been marked as a dupe, despite the link not appearing in a recent search.

I think users can flag, but not mark as dupe

Re: Ask HN: “Tank man” image search blocked on Bing and DuckDuckGo

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Oh wow, can confirm. Now I’m not getting any results either.

back to 4 images for me now

And the image that was shown on the wikipedia insert on normal ddg search has vanished.

Re: Ask HN: “Tank man” image search blocked on Bing and DuckDuckGo

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Normally @dang turns up to clarify and fix things Posts are flagged if a certain number of users flag them, not just mods/admins.

Is it possible to ban all users that flagged this post? Or at the very least permanently disable their downvoting and flagging power?

I'd like to hear their explanation first. There might be people who honestly believe that no political content should on HN.

Re: Ask HN: “Tank man” image search blocked on Bing and DuckDuckGo

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There is an inevitability of multinationals in bowing to censorship. Many see cracking the Chinese market as the white whale. Censorship costs a drop in the bucket compared to the profits that can be made, they’ll fight tooth and nail on taxes and general business regulation but won’t give a damn for censorship. Quite frankly I doubt even western outrage would matter, in 5 minutes everyone has already moved onto the…

Step 1 is bringing awareness. If HN censors this, we’re nipping it in the bud.
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