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Here's a few TBT from my #TranslationFail archives to help monoglots understand why it's so incredibly bad immigration officials are using machine translation tools to vet migrants' social media.
This headline *should* say "Police and shock groups evicted a sit-in of people opposing a highway project"
This sentence should say "They tried to hack Mansoor's iPhone using software called Pegasus, which is sold by the Israeli company NSO Group."

(Ahmed Mansoor was targeted with malware by his government. Here's info on his case if you're not familiar: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Man…)
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