1. World problems
  2. Discrimination against non-western scripts in information systems

Discrimination against non-western scripts in information systems

  • Bias against non-English languages in computer software
  • Active prejudice towards non-latin language sets

Incidence

Word processing software rarely caters for South American, Southern European and other roman language sets as well as it does for English and northern European languages.

Broader

Aggravates

Occidentalism
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Strategy

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #10: Reduced Inequality

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
Content quality
Unpresentable
 Unpresentable
Language
English
1A4N
J5451
DOCID
12054510
D7NID
158312
Editing link
Official link
Last update
Oct 4, 2020