Apple's Master Slave Hypocrisy

PC PCMag editors select and review products independently. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. Learn more Home › News › Apple Apple to Remove 'Master/Slave' and 'Blacklist' Terms From Coding Platforms The company is telling developers to instead use inclusive language terms such as 'primary/secondary' and 'deny list/allow list' when it comes to documenting and coding their software projects. The Washington Post Democracy Dies in Darkness Tech Consumer Tech Future of Transportation Technology Apple is lobbying against a bill aimed at stopping forced labor in China Apple wants to water down key provisions of the bill, which would hold U.S. companies accountable for using Uighur forced labor, according to two congressional staffers

Two news screenshots are placed side by side. The left article says Apple is removing terms like “master/slave” and “blacklist” from coding platforms in favor of more inclusive language, while the right article says Apple is lobbying against legislation targeting forced labor in China. The joke is sarcastic hypocrisy: Apple is presented as concerned about socially acceptable terminology while allegedly resisting accountability for real-world labor abuses. EN: Two news screenshots are placed side by side. The left article says Apple is removing terms like “master/slave” and “blacklist” from coding platforms in favor of more inclusive language, while the right article says Apple is lobbying against legislation targeting forced labor in China. The joke is sarcastic hypocrisy: Apple is presented as concerned about socially acceptable terminology while allegedly resisting accountability for real-world labor abuses.

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