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Footballer's "X-Rated" Comment Created by Instagram's Mistranslation

December 19, 2022

Instagram's English translation of a footballer's comment on his wife's post in Spanish made the message seem "racy" and "X-rated," which some fans found amusing.
Alleged deployer
instagram
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instagram
Alleged harmed parties
spanish-speaking-instagram-users

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/447

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