Apple will finally fix issue that blocked searches for 'Asian' as adult content

Re:Apple will finally fix issue that blocked searches for 'A... by xenihn on Friday April 02, 2021 @02:31PM (#26674331)

North & South Korea, Vietnam, and Japan absolutely share common culture with China. Korea used Chinese characters (Hanja) before Hangul. Japanese Kanji consists of adapted Chinese characters. Pre-1900s, Vietnam used Chinese characters.

In the United States, "Asian" really means something more like "Sino". Maybe not the right word, but originally within varying degrees of the Chinese sphere of influence throughout history. In the UK, an Indian or Pakistani person would be considered Asian. This is not true in the United States.

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Re:Apple will finally fix issue that blocked searches for 'A... by foobiekr on Friday April 02, 2021 @05:14PM (#26676068)

Asian in the US is mostly used as a short form of "East Asian."

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Re:Apple will finally fix issue that blocked searches for 'A... by jhbadger on Saturday April 03, 2021 @05:31AM (#26679540)

It was not traditionally true in the US -- I agree that "Asian" traditionally meant East Asian in the US until recently, but lately the media has been calling Kamala Harris the first Asian-American vice president because her mother was Indian.

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Re:Apple will finally fix issue that blocked searches for 'A... by billfruit on Saturday April 03, 2021 @11:06AM (#26681615)

But Asian in the UK usually refers to South Asian matters generally.

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