Microsoft sorry for gaffe in online ad

By Super Admin
|
Google Oneindia News

Washington, Aug 27: Software giant Microsoft apologised on Wednesday, Aug 27, for editing out a black man from an advertisement run in Poland.

The ad featured three business people, a white woman, a black man and an Asian man, sitting around a conference table.

The same photo was used by Microsoft for an ad run in Poland but the black man had been edited out of the image and replaced with a white man.

"We apologised, fixed the error and we are looking into how it happened," said Lou Gellos, a Microsoft spokesman.

On Microsoft's official page on the social network site Twitter, described it as "a marketing mistake" and offers "sincere apologies."

OneIndia News

For Daily Alerts
Get Instant News Updates
Enable
x
Notification Settings X
Time Settings
Done
Clear Notification X
Do you want to clear all the notifications from your inbox?
Settings X
X