This headline is very misleading. They didn't delete the file from the user's Google Drive - they disabled public sharing for the file.
Ok, we've swapped out the article title for its subtitle.
Google is now applying its coronavirus misinformation policies to personal files
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#32I've been very impressed with reclaimthenets stories recently, some big revelations.
This is certainly a convenient opportunity for every First Amendment advocate to defend speech they don't like. Or would be, if the government was the one taking action.
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#33Re: Google is now applying its coronavirus misinformation policies to personal files
#34Nobody's stopping them from signing up for AWS and throwing the vid into an S3 bucket or whatever, nor are they prevented from buying internet access from a company that offers static IPs and serving the file from an old PC in someone's closet.
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#35Note 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.
This is a hugely important distinction. Can we please figure this out before we pick up the pitchforks?
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#36This 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…
The future is all about self hosting and/or peer to peer technology not controlled by a central authority.
Network topological discovery is the hard pill to swallow with p2p based tech. You're paying for it in much higher network bandwidth, cpu, battery, and more.
Eventually the tradeoffs will be so minuscule that they will be a rounding error. But right now, that's not true.
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#37It's not entirely clear to me, but did Google delete the file from the user's personal, private drive, or did they delete public access to the file?
Because the former is unacceptable, but the latter is not as big a deal at all.
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
The future is all about self hosting and/or peer to peer technology not controlled by a central authority.
Network topological discovery is the hard pill to swallow with p2p based tech. You're paying for it in much higher network bandwidth, cpu, battery, and more. Eventually the tradeoffs will be so minuscule that they will be a rounding error. But right now, that's not true.
Pirate Bay is all magnet links now. Internet Archive serves most items as torrents while acting as a store of last resort. SciHub and LibGen are functional and available.
There are tradeoffs, but it will happen, even if it's TXT records for a domain that point to IPFS links (namecoin aside). The future will make it easier, but it works today.
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
The future is all about self hosting and/or peer to peer technology not controlled by a central authority.
Network topological discovery is the hard pill to swallow with p2p based tech. You're paying for it in much higher network bandwidth, cpu, battery, and more. Eventually the tradeoffs will be so minuscule that they will be a rounding error. But right now, that's not true.
The harder pill is IPv4 and NAT. It used to be easier to grab a static IP from your ISP, but those days are gone for many of us.
IPv6 could really foster a home network revolution, when it's finally in place 20 years from now.
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#40This 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…
I don't believe individuals have enough legal or political authority to take on all responsibility themselves if they were sharing questionable material. That means some of the responsibility falls on Google, because we the public shall demand it of them. Google didn't delete anyone's files, and even then some responsibility already falls on them just for hosting your content. If Google were part of distribution, tha…
The scrutiny is on Google due to their paperclip-maximizing promotion of specific Youtube videos and other content. This topic is about simple URL hosting, which does not involve editorializing. Your argument works just as well for an ISP, meaning it's a non-starter if we wish to retain any Freedom.