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Google is now applying its coronavirus misinformation policies to personal files

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Re: Google is now applying its coronavirus misinformation policies to personal files

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This is gross and unethical but we should let them continue digging their own grave.

I don't think they are digging their own grave unfortunately. The majority of people seem to be Ok with this, and the majority will continue to use these platforms. I still use these platforms even though I hate what they are doing. We really do need some alternatives...

Re: Google is now applying its coronavirus misinformation policies to personal files

#14
post #11
post #3

This is gross and unethical but we should let them continue digging their own grave.

I don't think they are digging their own grave unfortunately. The majority of people seem to be Ok with this, and the majority will continue to use these platforms. I still use these platforms even though I hate what they are doing. We really do need some alternatives...

There are alternatives, but they don't have a free tier.

Re: Google is now applying its coronavirus misinformation policies to personal files

#16
Note that the article doesn't say explicitly whether Google deleted the video from drive, or simply disabled the public sharing of the video. If they only disabled sharing (like they would for spam, pirated materials etc.) this may be understandable.

Re: Google is now applying its coronavirus misinformation policies to personal files

#17
From the article, it seems like they stopped public sharing of the video via Google Drive:

> In an article reporting on the takedown, The Washington Post’s Silicon Valley Correspondent Elizabeth Dwoskin complains that after the coronavirus documentary Plandemic was censored on social media, some YouTube clips were telling users how to access “banned footage” from the documentary via Google Drive.

> She then notes that after The Washington Post contacted Google, Google Drive took down a file featuring the trailer for the Plandemic documentary.

Re: Google is now applying its coronavirus misinformation policies to personal files

#18
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This is crossing a very bad line, and is absolutely unacceptable. My company of about 50 people on G-Suite will be canceling our subscription and moving to Office 365 within the next three months. We had discussed it in the past due to their history of flagrant disregard for the security and privacy standards we require, but this has galvanized the conversation and we're prioritizing it on the near-term now. I'm sure…

Depending on the functionality you want, perhaps a synology (commercial solution) or nextcloud or even a samba box will be a better solution for privacy than Microsoft.

Re: Google is now applying its coronavirus misinformation policies to personal files

#20

This headline is very misleading. They didn't delete the file from the user's Google Drive - they disabled public sharing for the file.

To quote a popular politician “what difference does it make ?”
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