Google Docs Changes Auto-Correct To More ‘Inclusive’ Language

Google Docs will now make more “inclusive” suggestions and edits in its autocorrect and predictive algorithm, changing words like ‘mailman’ to ‘mail carrier’ or ‘chairman’ to ‘chairperson.’ “The announcement was made during the virtually-held Google I/O developer conference on Tuesday,” the Daily Mail reported. “The new update will also suggest ways to avoid passive voice or offensive language.” Google’s plan to avoid offensive language by impelling its users to deindividualize others by attempting to blindly censor the specification of their gender identity might seem contradictory, and it also comes just a few years after Google removed gendered pronouns from its


