Government Teams users face another ******* month of filtered captions
Officials must wait a little longer before Live Captions tells it like it is
Microsoft Teams will continue censoring profanity in captions by default for some government users until the end of August, a month later than planned.
In 2023, Microsoft introduced a toggle controlling the profanity filter in Teams Live Captions. Enabled by default, the filter replaced naughty words with asterisks. It was a user-level preference rather than something controlled by the meeting organizer or tenant administrator.
Earlier this year, Microsoft had a change of heart and decided to disable the filter by default. "This change ensures captions more accurately reflect spoken content, supporting accessibility needs and aligning with regional regulatory requirements (including the EU)," the company wrote.
Ah yes, the ******* EU. Words uttered in more than one US tech company Teams call, we'd wager.
Users could, of course, turn the filter back on. The change applied...
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