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Facebook in Trouble As Hindi Cuss Word Is Translated to ‘Muslim’

In a terrible faux pas, the site translated the Hindi expletive ‘Mada****d’ into ‘Muslim’.

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If there wasn’t enough hate propagating against Muslims intentionally, there is now an instance of ‘unintentional’ racial slur as well.

In a terrible faux pas, Facebook translated the Hindi expletive ‘Mada****d’ into the word ‘Muslim’ apparently because of a bug.

This sparked a livid discussion on social media with people sharing screenshots of posts showing the word written in Hindi and its translation. When Facebook realised the offensive mistake, it immediately corrected it and now if you type the cuss word, it translates to ‘idiot’.

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