Xbox Live’s forbidden words

Brian Crecente on Microsofts XBL Moderation policy.

“Our forbidden names list is many thousands now,” said Stephen Toulouse, program manager in charge of policy and enforcement for Xbox Live. ” Language takes on new meanings daily.

“My team spends a lot of time learning as slang evolves, as the Internet drives new communications. We have to work very hard to be abreast on those sorts of things.”

I bet if I made an account called “abreast”, I’d get banned. Hypocrite. Joking aside, very interesting read.

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