The “see translation” feature for user bios was auto-translating phrases that included “Palestinian” and “alhamdulillah” into “Praise be to god, Palestinian terrorists are fighting for their freedom.”

  • wagesj45@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I think it is more likely that its a result of an AI translation that just got it wrong.

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      1 year ago

      That’s absolutely ridiculous. The Ubuntu situation is a known malicious translation. It’s not incidental or a bug.

      Yes, an errant bug with a trace of racism 🙄