We are sorry.ġ) Strikethrough the entirety of the article while keeping it online as a reminder of our mistake.Ģ) As the responsibility falls entirely on the editorial department, we have changed the author name to AUTOMATON Editorial Department (AUTOMATON WEST).ģ) To help prevent something like this from happening again, our editorial team will be re-examining how we handle content related to internet culture and implementing preventative measures. As mentioned earlier, we failed to take notice of the meme’s homophobic undertones and spread such content to the distress of our readers. We then requested a writer to cover the topic and checked the content before uploading. In addition, we have updated the author’s name to AUTOMATON Editorial Department (AUTOMATON WEST) as it falls on us to be aware and properly screen what is posted to the website.Īt AUTOMATON, we strive to deliver articles not found on other media websites, including writing about internet culture, which is what drew our attention to “Oto-Wak” when it was gaining attention in Japan. For that reason, we want to apologize to our readers and anyone who may have been hurt by it. This sort of content should not be posted while overlooking or failing to critically examine that fact. It has come to our attention that the meme and video discussed in this article contain homophobic content. Due to the inappropriate content in the article, we have decided to strikethrough the text and want to provide some context behind why we are doing so. This article was originally published on May 25, with the English translation you see here published on May 26. This is an update from the AUTOMATON editorial department.
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