Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah's Kannada post paying tributes to an actress who died was wrongly translated into English.

Meta has apologised after a translation error on its platforms falsely suggested that Karnataka Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah, had died.

Karnataka Chief Minister's media advisor, KV Prabhakar, formally raised significant concerns with Meta on July 16 over the automatic translation of Kannada content on Facebook and Instagram.

Siddaramaiah had earlier raised serious concerns about Kannada content being wrongly translated on Meta platforms like Facebook and Instagram, saying it was leading to distortion of facts that were misleading to users.

Social media giant Meta has apologised after its automatic translation tool erroneously declared Chief Minister Siddaramaiah dead while translating a condolence message posted by the Karnataka CMO in Kannada on Facebook.

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah criticised Meta for faulty Kannada-to-English auto-translations on Facebook and Instagram, calling them misleading. He urged Meta to suspend the feature until accuracy improves.