Apple limits predictive text for 'Dictator Trump' and 'Sleepy Joe'
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'Auschwitz'
SUMMARY

A researcher says Apple maintains an undisclosed multilingual “gray list” of roughly 100,000 words and phrases that iOS keyboards will not autocomplete or allow swipe-typing. The list does not block typing but prevents suggestions in many cases.

Derik Kauffman discovered the list after noticing swipe-typing would fail on phrases like "bad boy" or "white man." Flagged entries also include politically sensitive phrases such as "Sleepy Joe," "Dictator Trump," and "Auschwitz."

Apple declined to confirm details but said users can always type or override predictive text and that keyboards avoid offering inappropriate or offensive suggestions.

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