Racial slur appears in CAPTCHA code for Georgia state COVID-19 website, sparks investigation
Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. A racial slur that appeared in the CAPTCHA code on a Georgia Department of Public Health website has sparked an investigation by officials and Microsoft. The slur was flagged by Twitter user @DanieEve, who tweeted a photo of the CAPTCHA code, which is used to determine whether a human or a bot is entering information on the site. "A Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) website for scheduling COVID-19 tests experienced an issue yesterday when it displayed an offensive computer-generated CAPTCHA code," a spokesperson for the Georgia Department of Public Health told Fox News, via email.
Jul-9-2020, 19:14:35 GMT
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