‘Words Matter’ – Twitter Removing ‘Master\,’ ‘Slave’ And ‘Blacklist’ From Code

‘Words Matter’ – Twitter Removing ‘Master,’ ‘Slave’ And ‘Blacklist’ From Code
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‘Words Matter’ – Twitter Removing ‘Master,’ ‘Slave’ And ‘Blacklist’ From Code

‘Words Matter’ – Twitter Removing ‘Master,’ ‘Slave’ And ‘Blacklist’ From Code

Following a push from software engineers at Twitter, the social media platform will remove terms such as "master" and "slave" from its computer code to more inclusive language.

Anne Makovec reports.

(7/3/20)

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