Bitche is back as Facebook reinstates French town's 'offensive' home page
Bitche is back as Facebook reinstates French town’s ‘offensive’ home page French town of Bitche wins bid to reclaim its name after Facebook algorithm mistook it for the English insult 13 April 2021 • 1:12pm Fortress Bitche. The citadel with impregnable bastions is located on a high mountain in Alsace Credit: Alexander Sorokopud/Moment Unreleased RF Facebook France has apologised to the eastern French town of Bitche after the social network’s algorithm wiped its municipal page, mistaking it for an English-language insult. Bitche, population 5,205, is a picturesque citadel inside th...
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