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CANVA FIXES AI TOOL THAT REPLACED 'PALESTINE'

INDUSTRY DESK1 MIN READ
MON, APR 27, 2026

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Canva's Magic Layers feature automatically replaced the word "Palestine" with "Ukraine" in user designs, prompting swift fixes after the issue went viral on X.

The AI-powered Magic Layers feature, designed to decompose flat images into separate editable components, was not supposed to alter text content. User @ros_ie9 discovered the tool changed "cats for Palestine" to "cats for Ukraine" in their design. Canva confirmed the issue and stated it "moved quickly to investigate and fix" the problem. The company has not provided technical details about why the replacement occurred or whether it affected other terms. Magic Layers is one of Canva's newer AI features. The incident raises questions about content filtering in generative AI tools and their unintended consequences. Canva's response highlights the ongoing challenges designers and developers face when deploying AI features at scale.

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