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A mega translation blunder at Meta.

Instagram has apologized after its auto-translate feature inexplicably inserted the word ‘terrorist’ into Palestine-related bios. “We fixed a problem that briefly caused inappropriate Arabic translations in some of our products. We sincerely apologise that this happened,” a Meta spokesperson told The Guardian.

The issue was surfaced by TikTok user @ytkingkhan (via 404 Media).

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