UnNews:Google blunders over D-day doodle

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6 June 2014

Google as it appeared this morning.

Google has hurriedly changed its homepage after inadvertently marking the 70th anniversary of the battle with a Nazi-inspired doodle.

For 4 hours, the UK homepage of the search engine had a doodle featuring a Nazi eagle and a swastika inside the first 'o'.

Google admitted to UnNews that the doodle was uploaded in error, and claimed to have removed it quickly .

The gaffe led to much criticism online, although it came entirely from youngsters, as people who actually fought in 1945 have no idea what Google is, and tend to refer to all of their grandchildren's gadgets as "the TV".

Google's director of communication Peter Barron said: "Unfortunately a technical error has crept in, and for a short period this morning an inappropriate doodle appeared. We're sorry for the mistake, and we're proud to honour those who took part in D-Day.

"Those that were on the winning side, I mean."

Sources

• Leverage, "Google blunder over D-Day doodle" BBC, June 06, 2014