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Allowlist, not whitelist. Blocklist, not blacklist. Goodbye, wtf. Microsoft scans Chromium code, lops off offensive words

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Re: This is stupid

Blacklist didn’t originate as a technical term. It applied to people and organisations and is hundreds of years old.

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