Apple's autocomplete restrictions include 'United Ireland' and 'Sleepy Joe,' researcher finds

Researcher finds undisclosed Apple grey list covering 100,000 words and phrases

Attempts to swipe-type "United Ireland" or "Tibetan independence" often yielded "United Iceland" or "Tibetan independences".

Apple has an undisclosed multilingual grey list of tens of thousands of words and phrases that its iOS keyboard will not autocomplete or swipe-type, a researcher said.

The list is not a ban. iPhone users can still type what they like when drafting emails and texts. But the words on the list will not be suggested to users via autocomplete or swipe-typing in most cases. The researcher, Derik Kauffman, said the find opens a window into how Apple manages the tradeoff between anticipating what hundreds of millions of iPhone users are trying to say and preventing the devices from offering offensive or politically charged suggestions to users - something he said could quietly shape how they communicate.