White House Renamed Epstein Island on Google Phones

The White House was briefly renamed ‘Epstein Island’ for some Google Pixel phone users, the Washington Post had reported. 

The term is used to refer to the Caribbean island of Little St. James, which had been owned by the late convicted pedophile Jeffry Epstein. 

According to the prosecutors, it served as the venue for sex trafficking and other abuses involving some high-profile figures in business and politics. 

WaPo said in an article on March 28 that when its journalist tried calling the White House switchboard earlier this week, the name on screen indicated that they were contacting “Epstein Island”. 

Only users of Google’s Pixel phones experienced the issue. For those calling the presidential residence from other Android phones and iPhones, no name was displayed, the report read. 

Google spokesperson Matthew Flegal later told the paper that there was a “fake edit” in Google Maps that had been “briefly” picked up in the call identification feature of some Android phones. 

The user behind it has been identified and blocked from making further edits because his actions violated Google’s policies, Flegal said. 

The White House’s name has been restored on the mapping platform, he added.

Celtic beat Dundee 2-1 on Sunday, to keep Martin O'Neill's men in the Scottish Premiership title race.

Yang Hyun-Jun opened the scoring inside eight minutes by getting a slight touch on Benjamin Nygren's close-range shot. And Tomas Cvancara spurned multiple chances before the Dee equalised from the penalty spot in the 57th minute after a VAR check for handball.

Thankfully, substitute Kelechi Iheanacho scored after his rivals failed to deal with Marcelo Saracchi's cross from the left. The decisive eighty-second minute goal from close range secured victory and revitalised Celtic's title challenge. 

Earlier in the day, Hearts had drawn 2-2 against Livingston. 

With just six games to go, there are sure to be more twists and turns in the final five weeks of the campaign.

And Celtic must win all remaining games. No margin for error.