Microsoft Teams: Profanity filter disabled by default for live captions

🚨 The Signal: Microsoft Teams live captions will now have the profanity filter disabled by default. This change means potentially offensive language will be displayed unfiltered, impacting content sensitivity and accessibility for new users.

The Impact

New or unconfigured Teams users are affected, with the security risk being the inadvertent display of unfiltered, potentially offensive language in live captions.

• End-users: May be exposed to unfiltered profanity in live captions by default.
• Organisations: Risk of displaying inappropriate content in official meetings or recordings.
• Accessibility teams: Need to re-evaluate captioning policies for sensitive content.
• Compliance teams: May need to update internal communication guidelines regarding live caption content.

The Action

1. Communicate to users how to enable the profanity filter in Teams settings: Teams Settings > Captions and Transcripts > Filter profanity in live captions.
2. Review and update internal communication policies regarding the display of sensitive language in live captions.
3. Inform helpdesk and support teams about the change and user options for managing the profanity filter.

Domain: Teams · Impact: medium · Workload: Teams