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Microsoft to Ban 'Offensive Language' From Skype, Xbox, Office and Other Services

posted by janrinok on Wednesday March 28 2018, @09:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the they-are-listening dept.

canopic jug writes:

Microsoft, which purchased Skype in 2011, will soon increase its monitoring of Skype and other services. Starting May 1st they will further examine ostensibly private communicatiosn for 'offensive language' and 'inappropriate content' for the purpose of blocking. The changes are rolled out as part of a new terms of service advisory for the company's many services.

Microsoft will ban 'offensive language' and 'inappropriate content' from Skype, Xbox, Office and other services on May 1, claiming it has the right to go through your private data to 'investigate.'

From IDG's CSO : Microsoft to ban 'offensive language' from Skype, Xbox, Office and other services.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday March 29 2018, @09:43AM (1 child)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday March 29 2018, @09:43AM (#659898) Journal

    in light of attempts to claim that discrimination is a religious freedom

    I still don't get it. Where's - in this thread - that claim that you mention?
    And what's the relation between a claim that discrimination is a religious freedom and the Stonewall event?
    Further, I'm also lost in regards to the relation between the said claim and/or Stonewall to the 'Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra' meaning (without the culture and the stories stories behind the allegories, the language remains indecipherable) - case at the current point, your reference to Stonewall in the context of my reply.

    Would the culture be shared between the two parties in the dialogue, they could exchange info or insults without MS (or govt as a snooping party) understand or intervene to stop an offense in progress.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Friday March 30 2018, @08:31AM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Friday March 30 2018, @08:31AM (#660312) Journal

    You have made your point, c0lo, they cannot censor us if they cannot understand us. Right now I have an enormous Yellow Rubber Duckie and a Floating Letter N anchored in the Lagoon.

    Darmok and Jalad on the ocean.