KFC Apologizes for Kristallnacht Promotion - The New York Times
An automated push notification sent in error by KFC Germany conflated the notorious 1938 pogrom and “tender cheese with crispy chicken.”
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An automated push notification sent in error by KFC Germany conflated the notorious 1938 pogrom and “tender cheese with crispy chicken.”
Essie Collier, a fourth grader in Racine, Wis., may have saved a classmate's life when she "rushed up there as fast as I can" and performed the Heimlich maneuver on a girl choking on food, with an amazed teacher saying, "I have never seen a student react in that way before."
The notification led to an outcry from Jewish groups.
KFC has apologized for accidentally sending an automated push alert to its app users in Germany that appeared to urge people to order food to commemorate the 84th anniversary of
KFC Germany claimed that a "semi-automated" system generated the message due to a process of creating promotional messages tied to holiday observances.