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"Adjustments to our technology to better account for situations in which language may be reclaimed by underrepresented communities and used in non-harmful ways."

Rejoice: The digital n-word pass is here at last. Will they scan faces and names to accurately determine who has white skin but maybe a drop of blood?



I don't like the idea that there are harmful words but some people can use those harmful words and not others. If you believe words are harmful, then the only way to deal with such words is a complete ban. Otherwise you're at best sending mixed messages, but more importantly you're saying people can use them "in appropriate" situations but others cannot under any circumstance.




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