Facebook apologizes for translating name of China's president to “Mr. Shithole”

Posted by janeshmane on Monday January 20, 2020 @12:21PM
from the reuters.com dept.

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Re:Facebook apologizes for translating name of China's presi... by onreact on Monday January 20, 2020 @12:33PM (#22100457)

Hilarious! Trusting Artificial Idiocy algorithms with such tasks is a recipe for disaster.

You can automate but always make sure actual humans check before publication.

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Re:Facebook apologizes for translating name of China's presi... by throwaway29303 on Monday January 20, 2020 @01:58PM (#22101218)

Quite amusing. I guess the news about "move fast and break things" death were greatly exaggerated.

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