minus-squareCat without eyebrows @lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•‘Forbidden Words’: Github Reveals How Software Engineers Are Purging Federal DatabaseslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·1 day agoI’m a contractor for uscis. We were ordered to change all instances of the word ‘immigrant’ to ‘alien’. We said ok and shrugged because our systems actually use the word ‘person’. They didn’t say anything about that and we didn’t ask linkfedilink
minus-squareCat without eyebrows @lemmy.worldtoTechnology@beehaw.org•Elon Musk Says Twitter Is Going To Get Rid Of The Block Feature, Enabling Greater HarassmentlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoOmg this rings so true linkfedilink
I’m a contractor for uscis. We were ordered to change all instances of the word ‘immigrant’ to ‘alien’. We said ok and shrugged because our systems actually use the word ‘person’. They didn’t say anything about that and we didn’t ask