In a statement to The Washington Post, Google has apologized for the image of its Android mascot urinating on an Apple logo that was pointed out by Cult of Android earlier today. "We’re sorry for this inappropriate user-created content; we’re working to remove it quickly," Google spokesperson Mara Harris told The Washington Post in a statement. "We also learn from these issues, and we’re constantly improving how we detect, prevent, and handle bad edits," Harris said.
Read the full article by Micah Singleton on The Verge here:
http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/24/8490711/google-android-apple-robot-apologize
Read the original Washington Post article by Andrea Peterson and Brian Fung here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/04/24/googles-sorry-that-this-crudely-offensive-image-of-the-apple-logo-turned-up-in-maps/