Tag: "censor"

Why is gay a censored word?

Unfortunately, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals are often subjected to homophobic remarks and harassment online, as in real life. We do not want anyone to feel disrespected, insecure, unwanted or unsafe. Homophobic remarks such as “thats so gay” or “this is gay” are the most commonly heard. Even since these slurs are often [...]

Why was I censored?

Foul or vulgar language may not be appropriate for all channels and some may even activate a mode which will automatically censor all language that is not suitable for children and replace it with “<censored>”. The person who is using foul language and is automatically being censored doesn’t see their words replaced with “<censored>”, however [...]

+G Chat Censor List Expanded

We’ve dramatically increased the word list for the channel mode +G today and are still making some tweaks. The +G channel mode replaces vulgar words, racial slurs, and rude phrases that are listed in our wordlist with when a channel is set +G. To enable this mode, you must be an operator, and use the [...]