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X removes translate function from Hebrew posts

cramsession
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skeptical

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tech

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social media

translation

censorship

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X (formerly Twitter) appears to have removed the translate function from Hebrew posts, sparking concerns and skepticism about the reason and impact of this change.

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dmix
20h ago
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weird this post is trusting an LLM response blindly as fact and someone in the replies is saying Hebrew translation was still working for them...
cramsession
20h ago
You can go test it yourself, it's certainly disabled for me.
pbiggar
13h ago
I don't know about whether the feature was disabled, but there the absolute unhinged shit that people say in Hebrew is something that needs to be studied. Absolute cartoon evil shit.

7amleh documented it back in 2023: https://7amleh.org/post/7amleh-documents-19-000-violent-twee...

Law for Palestine also has a database of them: https://law4palestine.org/law-for-palestine-releases-databas...

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