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‘Blacklist’, ‘Slave’ Other Words Twitter Has Banned Because Of Black Lives Matter Movement

‘Blacklist’, ‘Slave’ Other Words Twitter Has Banned Because Of Black Lives Matter Movement

 

 

Twitter has announced an adjustment to languages that will now be accepted on the micro-blogging platform.

Due to the awareness created by the Black Lives Matter Movement, Twitter announced to its users that certain languages have been banned from the platform as part of an effort to ‘favor more inclusive language’.

See their list in the tweet below.

Angela Davies

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