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Apple has a secret list of banned autocomplete phrases including ‘dictator Trump’ and ‘covid is a hoax’
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. The Verge is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 6 Nov 2026, 15:10 UTC. The headline in use is “Apple has a secret list of banned autocomplete phrases including ‘dictator Trump’ and ‘covid is a hoax’”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
A researcher found over 100,000 words and phrases in "every major language" that are blocked from autocomplete and swipe-type in iOS, Reuters reports. The researcher, Derik Kauffman, says you can still type the words on the blocklist one letter at a time.
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