Russia scolds Google after alleged 'dead Russians' translation option

-Russia on Monday demanded Google take fast steps to take away “threats” towards Russians after it mentioned Google Translate had supplied some customers the choice to translate the phrase “useless Russians” as an alternative of “expensive Russians”.

Russia’s communications regulator mentioned it had demanded Google “instantly take measures to exclude statements of threats towards Russian customers”.

The regulator mentioned that when “expensive Russians” was typed into Google’s translator, it had additionally supplied the variant “useless Russians” underneath the “Did you imply” part.

The regulator, referred to as Roskomnadzor, mentioned 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 look 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 in regards to the causes for the looks of such messages.”

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