"Writer's Safe Faces Search Ahead of France Pedophilia Trial"

Am I the only one who parsed this the wrong way at first?

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No, I got about halfway through before I realized it wasn't making sense. Thought it was another "safe space" thing at first.

[MatthewSlyfield]

This.

[bernard11]

What is the alternative parsing?

Something about "safe faces?"

[Eugene Volokh]

I envisioned some sort of facial recognition feature that was supposedly resistant to abuse.

[Halykan]

Yeah it took me a minute to figure out. I think it's because they have the safe "facing" something metaphorical, which is probably an unusual phrasing among native english speakers.

[Roman Moroni]

The wording is strange. I don’t generally think of safes having to face things.

Will the safe get to face its accuser in court?

[Rev. Arthur L. Kirkland]

I always defer without qualification to a common patriotic citizen like you, Mr. Moroni, with respect to strange wording.

[Naaman Brown]

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Dang it, learn write headlines in plain English.

[Naaman Brown]

"Writer's Safe Faces Search Ahead of France Pedophilia Trial"

Writer is safe, faces search before trial of France Pedophilia.

A safe which belongs to a writer may be searched before a pedophilia trial in France.

[Voize of Reazon]

And am I supposed to know who this "France Pedophilia" person is?

[Naaman Brown]

Someone who ought to consider a name change.

[arpiniant1]

Answer: Yes

[rsteinmetz]

The headline makes not sense, even after reading the article.
It seems a little more understandable after realizing whoever wrote it is probably not a native speaker.

Do you think this case will prompt them to extradite Roman Polanski?

[Naaman Brown]

I think the article and title were written in French and run through one of those AI based translators.