Snapchat’s maps display an anti-Semitic label for New York City; app says it was vandalized

Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page By Hamza Shaban The Washington Post  August 31, 2018 Users of the messaging app Snapchat reported Thursday that the mapping feature of the service was displaying New York City as ‘‘Jewtropolis.’’Snapchat’s parent company, Snap, told The Washington Post in a statement that the map relies on third-party data from OpenStreetMap, which had been vandalized. ‘‘This defacement is deeply offensive and entirely contrary to our values, and we want to apologize to any members of our community who saw it. We are working with our partner Mapbox to fix this as quickly as possible,’’ Snap said.In a blog post Thursday morning, Mapbox said that the ‘‘malicious edit’’ was made by a source who had attempted several other ‘‘hateful edits.’’ While Mapbox’s automated systems flagged the derogatory listing, the company said human error led to the name change being displayed. Mapbox said that the offensive listing was removed within an hour. ‘‘We apologize to customers and users who were exposed to this disgusting attack,’’ the blog post said. Advertisement Mapbox maps pull information from more than 130 data sets, and the company’s computer systems… Read full this story

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