Screenshot from the livestreamed press conferenceThe stream went viral on social mediaCanada's national police force, while live streaming a press conference on a double homicide, added an animated "cat filter" to the presiding officer. The footage, streamed on Friday, went viral on social media, reports Time magazine. RCMP are giving a press conference on the two people murdered on the Alaska Highway, and they have the cat ear filter on. pic.twitter.com/j8GvkvKA4u — Tyler Dawson (@tylerrdawson) 19 July 2019The Canadian national police later clarified on Twitter that the use of the filter was unintentional, saying: “We are aware and addressing it, as it’s an automatic setting.”Afterwards, they posted an updated video without the cat filter. Earlier, a similar blunder occurred during a live stream in northwest Pakistan, when a regional prime minister, Shaukat Yousafzai, appeared on a virtual version of a press conference for local constituents in June with the same Facebook cat filter.

Source: Dhaka Tribune July 22, 2019 06:22 UTC