The issue affected users with “Palestinian” written in English in their bio along with a Palestinian flag emoji and the phrase “alhamdulillah.'
Meta recently apologized after some Instagram users noticed its auto-translation feature added the word “terrorist” in the English version of a certain combination of words that included no such phrase.
One user on TikTok made a video showing how if the word “Palestinian” and the flag emoji were removed from the combination, the translation for “alhamdulillah” would then say “thank God.” “Our policies are designed to keep people safe on our apps while giving everyone a voice. We apply these policies equally around the world and there is no truth to the suggestion that we are deliberately suppressing voice,” Meta said.
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