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 US Facebook judges town name as an insult? Incorrectly deleted the page of a French town

Facebook has been criticized for temporarily deleting the official page of Bitche, a town in Moselle, northeastern France. The removal is attributed to Facebook's algorithm confusing the name of this small town with English insults.

According to Bitchu Mayor Benoit Keefer, the town's Facebook page, which has a population of about 5,000, was deleted on March 19 for violating Facebook rules.

Mayor Keefer said in a statement (French), "From Facebook on March 19, our page, Ville de Bitche, will no longer appear online because it'violates the conditions that apply to Facebook pages.' I was notified that it was. "

Following the removal of the official page, the town hall had to create a new page named "Mairie 57230" named after the zip code.

Mayor Keefer criticized how Facebook content was monitored.

"What happened in the town of Bitchu this time shows that the suppression tools are inadequate and limited, and the only way to evaluate them properly is to see them directly with the human eye."

Invite Zuckerberg CEO

According to the mayor, a representative of Facebook in France reported that the page was revived on the 13th, and he was apologized for causing trouble.

At that time, the mayor said he invited him to come to "our beautiful fortified city" Bitchu with the company's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg.

A Facebook spokeswoman told the BBC yesterday that "the page was accidentally deleted, but it was quickly restored this morning when I noticed the problem."

U.S. forces stationed in Afghanistan to withdraw completely by September 11

US President Joe Biden has decided to completely withdraw US troops stationed in Afghanistan by September 11. The US media reported on the 13th as a story of a high-ranking government official.

President Biden is expected to officially announce at a press conference on the 14th.

The former US administration of Donald Trump had agreed with the Afghan rebel Taliban last year to withdraw US troops by May this year, but the Biden administration will exceed this deadline.

The new withdrawal deadline is exactly the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States.

President Biden has said that it will be difficult to meet the withdrawal deadline of May 1.

High-ranking officials from the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have pointed out that the Taliban are not observing the constraints of reducing the use of force.

Film film starring Will Smith stopped filming in Georgia, USA

The movie "Emancipation," which depicts slavery starring US actor Will Smith, has stopped filming in Georgia.

The state of Georgia earlier passed a state law restricting voting in elections, but it looks like it is protesting. Smith has criticized the law as a "regressive voting law."

The 2021 Fair Election State Act restricts the way early and post-voting is conducted and regulates that voters in line at polling stations should not be provided with water or food. It has been criticized for putting a burden on voters who are particularly disadvantaged in society.

U.S. authorities recommend discontinuation of J & J vaccination

The United States, South Africa, and the European Union (EU) will suspend vaccination with the new coronavirus vaccine manufactured by Johnson & Johnson (J & J), a major US pharmaceutical company. Those who received reports that blood clots rarely occurred after vaccination.

More than 6.8 million J & J vaccinations have confirmed six blood clots, according to a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announcement yesterday. "Be careful," he said, recommending a temporary suspension of J & J vaccines.

The FDA has revealed that one person has died and one is at risk from a blood clot complication.

Although many countries have pre-ordered millions of J & J vaccines, they are still only approved for use in a few countries.

In the United States, the use of J & J vaccine was approved on February 27, but Pfizer / Germany Biontech and US Moderna vaccines are more widely used. Nearly 7 million people in the United States have been vaccinated with J & J vaccines. This accounts for about 3% of all inoculations so far in the country.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of infectious disease control in the United States, said it was too early to comment on the possibility of the J & J vaccine being revoked.

U.S. black man shooting dead, police chief and police resign

A black man was shot dead by a police officer at the Brooklyn Center in Minnesota, and a local police chief and a police officer who fired at him resigned on the 13th.

The death of Dawnte Wright (20) occurred on the afternoon of the 11th, and protests continued for two consecutive nights. Chief Tim Gannon and police officer Kim Potter, who fired at Mr. Wright, resigned two days after the incident.

Police officer Potter allegedly used the gun for Mr. Wright, who tried to escape his arrest, by mistake for a taser gun that gave an electric shock.