Wed Apr 27, 2022 – 6:41 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Google is taking steps toward an unprecedented intrusion into user speech and expression via an update to Google Docs that will suggest more “inclusive” language for users.
In a March 31 post that went relatively overlooked, Google announced that its web-based word processing application was getting additional “assistive writing suggestions” to help users “create impactful documents faster.”
While suggestions to complete a word or phrase while typing are nothing new, this update will include recommendations for “more inclusive words or phrases,” as well as “warnings” of “potentially inappropriate words,” indicating that Google intends to cross the line from helpful writing suggestions into impressing on their users the company’s left-wing, politically correct cultural sensibilities.
The post declares that “potentially discriminatory” language will be flagged and offers an illustration of the feature in which Docs recommends that the word “chairman” be replaced with “chairperson,” as the gender-specific noun “may not be inclusive to all readers.”
The feature can be turned off, and it will not force users to accept its recommendations, but it will be activated by default, all but guaranteeing at least a minor annoyance to scores
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