#NEWEGG ACER PREDATOR HELIOS 300 MOVIE#

'Every time I see a movie in the media or the video games.ll the Arab/Muslims displayed as the bad, evil, stupid thieves,' said Al-Tayyar, noting that Arab people are often negatively depicted as 'in the desert with the camels.' It's a serious issue, and one much bigger than this single symptomatic incident with Newegg. Fear and hatred of Arab and Muslim people has caused even the most innocent elements of their culture to be regarded with suspicion, inflicting undeniable harm to these communities. He was shocked to see Newegg flag his name as potentially offensive 'in a big red alert all in caps.'įor Al-Tayyar, the alert was yet another example of the damaging, pervasive nature of Islamophobia. Speaking to Mashable via DM, Al-Tayyar said he'd been trying to review a laptop and NAS storage he'd purchased for his 6-year-old daughter, who was using them for remote learning. (opens in a new tab) (Opens in a new tab) 'Just verified this - I guess (Opens in a new tab) wants your reviews unless you have the most common first name on Earth,' tweeted game developer Rami Ismail (Opens in a new tab). 'Is my name offensive users were quickly able to duplicate this, indicating that Al-Tayyar's experience wasn't just an unfortunate bug. 'I was writing a review (Opens in a new tab) and the system marked my name (Mohammad) as: 'UNACCEPTABLE WORDS USED - offensive language,' Al-Tayyar tweeted on Wednesday, sharing a screenshot of the error message. The issue was brought to light by Mohammad Al-Tayyar, a government worker in Kuwait, who discovered it after attempting to review one of the products on Newegg's website.

The online tech retailer is revising its language filter after it was called out for banning one of the most popular names in the world (Opens in a new tab) - for 15 years.

Newegg users can now give their name as 'Mohammad' when leaving reviews, because apparently they couldn't do that before.

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