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Apple’s Siri Told iPhone Users That Israel Is A ‘Zionist Occupation State’ After A Wikipedia Hack

Emily Zanotti
Apple’s Siri Told iPhone Users That Israel Is A ‘Zionist Occupation State’ After A Wikipedia Hack
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Apple’s voice assistant, Siri, told users Sunday night that Israeli president Reuven Rivlin “is the President of the Zionist occupation state,” following a hack into Rivlin’s Wikipedia page.

Once one user discovered the shocking response, hundred of other Twitter users verified the answer by asking their own iPhones about Rivlin. They all got the same response and then questioned whether Siri had been hacked, or whether Apple “accidentally” revealed a political — and anti-Semitic — bias through its Siri function.

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