Language learning app Duolingo has apologised and announced it has removed a German lesson which referred to controversial Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling as “mean”. The German lesson in question ...
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 ...