Microsoft Teams: Admins can control profanity filtering in meeting transcripts

🚨 The Signal: Teams now allows administrators to disable profanity filtering in meeting transcripts via policy. This means previously masked words will appear in both live and saved transcripts, impacting data visibility and potentially compliance.

The Impact

Teams administrators can disable profanity filtering, increasing the risk of sensitive or offensive language appearing in official records.

• Teams administrators: New policy setting to manage transcript profanity filtering.
• Meeting organizers: Transcripts for their meetings may contain unfiltered profanity if policy is changed.
• Users viewing transcripts: May be exposed to unfiltered profane language in meeting records.
• Compliance teams: Increased risk of non-compliance with content policies and ISM requirements.

The Action

1. Review existing Microsoft Teams meeting policies for profanity filtering settings.
2. Determine organizational stance on profanity in official meeting transcripts.
3. Update relevant Teams meeting policies to either maintain default filtering or disable it based on policy.
4. Communicate changes to meeting organizers and users regarding transcript content expectations.
5. Document policy decisions and their rationale for audit and compliance purposes.

Domain: Teams · Impact: medium · Workload: Teams