Software giant Microsoft has issued an apology after it emerged that the company's Polish arm had altered a promotional image to change the race of on

Microsoft apologises over race-swap gaffe

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2024-04-25 19:30:12

Software giant Microsoft has issued an apology after it emerged that the company's Polish arm had altered a promotional image to change the race of one of the people pictured.

In the US, the image featured three employees sitting around a meeting table - one white woman, and two men, one black and one Asian.

When it was used in Poland, however, the advert - which promised Polish businesses the chance to "to boost your employees using the right tools" - had replaced the head of the black worker with a badly super-imposed face of a white man. His one visible hand, however, remained unchanged.

The image began circulating online on Tuesday and after being alerted to the switch, Microsoft took down the image and said it was trying to discover who was responsible.

"We are looking into the details of this situation," said a Microsoft spokesman in a statement. "We apologise and are in the process of pulling down the image."