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Not a black and white issue: using racially neutral terms in technology

Posted by: Christopher Cope and Sanjay Gurung, Posted on: 23 July 2020 - Categories: cyber security, Diversity
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Why Home Office Digital, Data and Technology are replacing commonly used cyber security terminologies ‘whitelisting’ and ‘blacklisting’ with racially neutral terms such as ‘allow list’ and ‘deny list’.

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