Duolingo, the language learning app, apologized in an X post for calling author JK Rowling "mean" in a German lesson. Rating: True (About this rating?) In August 2025, a rumor spread online that the ...

Duolingo did, in fact, apologize in an Aug. 20, 2025, X post (archived) for calling Rowling "mean" in a possible answer for a question in a German lesson in the app. Thus, we rate this claim true. We ...

In August 2025, a rumor spread online that the language learning app Duolingo apologized for calling "Harry Potter" author JK Rowling "mean" in a German lesson. Duolingo did, in fact, apologize in an ...