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The Great Burger King Fiasco

A Burger King TV spot created to activate Google Home smart speakers and some Android phones to describe its Whopper burgers was hijacked by members of the public recently, with the ad instead triggering the devices to read out information about the burgers from Wikipedia. One enterprising troll, however, took it upon themselves to take advantage of this oversight, and edited Wikipedia to describe the Whopper as the "worst hamburger product" and another add cyanide to the list of ingredients. The stunt has put Wikipedia in the spotlight after

 

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