24 October,2016 03:52 PM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
Social media giant Facebook is in the eye of the storm for apparently translating a very offensive Hindi expletive to 'Muslim'. Facebook has acknowledged the blunder
Facebook is in the eye of the storm for apparently translating the Hindi expletive, 'Mada''''d' to 'Muslim'. According to a report by The Indian Express, sources at Facebook acknowledged that this giant blunder is the result of a bug and the translation was later changed to 'Idiot'.
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The issue caused controversy with many slamming the website and sharing screenshots on social media.
Regarding the incident, Facebook released an official statement saying that, "The translation of posts happens using an automated system. Our translations team looked into the issue, and in this case found a bug in the way our system filters profanity that caused a portion of the post to be translated incorrectly. The team has corrected the translation, and is actively working on new ways to ensure that bad translations like this happen as infrequently as possible."