Image via Pexels.com"At first, you wonder, was there a technical problem?"
A town in France has had its official Facebook page removed because of its name.
Ville de Bitche's Facebook page was removed because of the name's proximity to an English insult.
The social media site has said that removal was an "error".
Mayor of the French town, Benoit Kieffer said officials received a message saying it was "in violation of conditions applying to Facebook pages.".
According to UPI, the town attempted to appeal the decision, but received no response from Facebook.
Mayor Kieffer told CNN:
"At first, you wonder, was there a technical problem? However, with the length of time, it can be considered a real censorship,"
The page has since been restored and officials were notified that it had been"removed in error.".
Kieffer said:
"We can be happy that social networks take responsibility, that they remove illegal, problematic content,"
"But the other problem is to consider that the human gaze has the upper hand on artificial intelligence."
The French town has now extendedended an invitation to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to visit and "discover our pretty fortified city that has distinguished itself in history on several occasions."
