India, July 18 -- Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has apologised after an auto-translation that incorrectly translated Karnataka's chief minister Siddaramaiah's condolence message and falsely reported his death. The tech giant said the issue has since been resolved.

The Chief Minister's Office had posted Siddaramaiah's message on Facebook, paying tribute to actor B Sarojadevi. The flawed translation read, "Chief Minister Siddaramaiah passed away yesterday multilingual star, senior actress B Took darshan of Sarojadevi's earthly body and paid his last respects."

In a letter to Meta, K V Prabhakar, the chief minister's media advisor, raised serious concerns over the accuracy of Kannada translation on Facebook and Instag...