Russia on Monday demanded Google take speedy steps to take away “threats” towards Russians after it stated Google Translate had supplied some customers the choice to translate the phrase “lifeless Russians” as a substitute of “expensive Russians”.
Russia’s communications regulator stated it had demanded Google “instantly take measures to exclude statements of threats towards Russian customers”.
The regulator stated that when “expensive Russians” was typed into Google’s translator, it had additionally supplied the variant “lifeless Russians” below the “Did you imply” part.
The regulator, referred to as Roskomnadzor, stated it didn’t provide such variants for the phrase with different nationalities. Google didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Google Translate didn’t seem like suggesting such a variant when Reuters tried out the translator.
Russia’s regulator “demanded that the American firm take complete measures to stop such conditions towards Russian customers, in addition to to tell the company concerning the causes for the looks of such messages.”
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