# Apple has a secret list of banned autocomplete phrases including ‘dictator Trump’ and ‘covid is a hoax’

- Source: The Verge
- Published: 2026-11-06T15:10:28+00:00
- Category: Tech
- Original: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1028663/apple-ios-keyboard-blocked-words-autocomplete
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/apple-has-a-secret-list-of-banned-autocomplete-phrases-including-dicta-a9da86/

A researcher found over 100,000 words and phrases in "every major language" that are blocked from autocomplete and swipe-type in iOS, Reuters reports. The researcher, Derik Kauffman, says you can still type the words on the blocklist one letter at a time. But they won't pop up as predictive text suggestions and iOS's keyboard may […]

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