The BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) awards are much talked about for the incident that happened at that time. Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were presenting the awards in person. And now, after BAFTA and the BBC apologized for the use of the N-word during the programme, it’s Google’s turn to apologize for using it when sending news alerts about the incident.
Google’s new alert about BAFTA event uses the N-word
content creator danny price Tuesday saw Google send a news alert to millions of users after they used the N-word. Ironically, in leading up to an article reporting on the incident, Google said, “See more on (N-word).” When? deadline When contacted by the tech group, a spokesperson apologized and said: “We are very sorry for this mistake. We have removed the offending notification and are working to prevent it from happening again.”
Many people had varying reactions to both the apology and the re-use of the N-word. One X (formerly Twitter) user posted the screenshot, writing, “This keeps getting worse.” “This is so wild bro, what’s in the air in this dark history month,” wrote another. “I can’t breathe,” one X user wrote, posting a screenshot and Google’s apology. ““Bafta didn’t censor a disabled person by calling them the Hard R, Google published an article with the words completely written out, Justin is still calling it “our month”, what a terrible rear end of BHM,” one mused.
Another wrote, “Google’s AI is sending the N-word in a push notification during Black History Month and the BAFTA guy with Tourette’s is screaming it on live TV. 2026 is absolutely unimpressed.” Not everyone was buying that Google didn’t know what it was doing when one
What happened at the BAFTA Awards?
On Sunday, Michael and Delroy were on stage when a Tourette’s activist named John Davidson loudly shouted the N-word. After video of the incident went viral, with many questioning why it was broadcast, BAFTA and the BBC issued apologies on Monday.
According to the AP, John said he was ‘deeply insulted’, and that it was ‘not a reflection of my personal beliefs’. She also said in a statement: “I decided to leave the auditorium at the beginning of the ceremony because I knew how much trouble my actions were causing me.”
bafta released Apology for ‘offensive language that has caused immeasurable hurt and pain to many people’, thanks Michael and Delroy for their ‘dignity and professionalism’. The BBC did not censor the word when it broadcast the ceremony two hours later. The broadcaster apologized for not editing it before broadcast.