HONG KONG DISSENT BANTERS POINTED XI JINPING DEATH ALGORITHM ERROR, SAYS GOOGLE

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• Google has disclosed to HKFP that an algorithm mistake prompted some dissent spray painting in Hong Kong to be obscured out its refreshed Street View Map.

The spray paint reads that Chinese leader Xi Jinping must die for the sake of the world, on plant pots in some areas of Nathan Road in Yau Ma Tei – a customary point in democracy protests.

The trademark can be se....