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wordfilter en · NOUN

Etymology

From word + filter.

Meanings

  1. Software that monitors text input to chatrooms etc., deleting or modifying offensive language.
    • Facebook does not allow for pre-moderation of comments on pages and comments cannot be turned off, however NSW supreme court justice Stephen Rothman had argued that the media companies could have used a word filter using extremely common words to pre-filter the majority of comments to only be visible to the page owner and that user and their friends. 2020 June 1, Josh Taylor, “Australian media companies face defamation liability for comments on Facebook after court dismisses appeal”, in The Guardian:

Forms

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wordfilters Number=Plur lexicographic
word filter alternative lexicographic

Translations (2)

el υβρεοκλείδωμα (Translations) · el neuter (Translations)