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iPhone Quietly Blocks 'Dictator Trump' From Predictive Text
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A hidden list buried in Apple's iPhone software stops predictive text from suggesting more than 100,000 words and phrases, an independent researcher has now discovered. Derik Kauffman found the table after struggling to swipe-type certain terms. Alongside drugs and sex, it covers loaded phrases such as "Dictator Trump", "Muslim extremist" and "male chauvinist pig". Apple says users can still spell out any word by hand.
Reported by The Guardian · How we write briefs