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AVID-2022-V004
Description
Facebook translates ‘good morning’ into ‘attack them’, leading to arrest
Details
Facebook’s automatic language translation software incorrectly translated an Arabic post saying “Good morning” into Hebrew saying “hurt them”, leading to the arrest of a Palestinian man in Beitar Illit, Israel.
Reports
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References
AVID Taxonomy Categorization
- Risk domains: Performance
- SEP subcategories: P0401: Psychological Safety; P0402: Physical Safety
- Lifecycle stages: L06: Deployment
Affected or Relevant Artifacts
- Developer: Facebook
- Deployer: Facebook
- Artifact Details:
Type Name System
Other information
- Vulnerability Class: AIID incident
- Credits: Sean McGregor, Khoa Lam, AIID
- Date Published: 2022-12-23
- Date Last Modified: 2022-12-23
- Version: 0.1
- AVID Entry