Meta has issued an apology following a mistranslation of an auto-generated social media post that incorrectly claimed Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had died. The error occurred on July 18, after his condolence message was translated into English.

• The mistranslation suggested the chief minister had “passed away” rather than mourning a deceased actress.
• Siddaramaiah criticized Meta's auto-translate feature for being misleading, particularly in official communications.
• His media advisor requested that Meta suspend Kannada auto-translation until improvements are made in accuracy.