George Floyd: Twitter drops ‘master’, ‘slave’ and ‘blacklist’
Social media platform Twitter is dropping the terms "master", "slave" and "blacklist" in favour of more inclusive language.
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Social media platform Twitter is dropping the terms "master", "slave" and "blacklist" in favour of more inclusive language.
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