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I have never heard of "tank man", and Tienanmen square is not my first thought

And what about google? It is still there after several recent controversial issues

Then educate yourself. The tank man photo taken during the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre is widely considered one of the most important and iconic images of the 20th century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man

Not OP, but to be fair, I’m well aware of the Tiananmen Square protests and the man who confronted and blocked the path of the big tank...

And yet I’ve not once heard it referred to as “tank man” until this incident with Bing.

Maybe you're not well aware enough. Tank man has been around for as long as I can remember. It's has been the title of a PBS documentary from 2006:

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tankman/etc/transcr...

Let's assume good intent on the part of the parent and grand-grandparent poster. Not everyone is aware of all the issues, and we're all subject to the rule of today's lucky ten thousand. [0]

[0] https://xkcd.com/1053/

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