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Re:Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations by rosszurowski on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @01:09PM (#20403971)
A bit tangential, but I tried sharing this link with a few friends on Facebook Messenger, and noticed it's blocked because it "violates Community Standards" [1]. Even shortened bit.ly links are blocked.

Anyone know why that would be the case? I'm trying to not assume malice (eg. maybe it got misflagged?) but it certainly feels like censoring and is yet another push for me to drop Messenger too.

[1]: https://i.imgur.com/9n1Hyqb.png

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Re:Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations by css on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @01:15PM (#20404050)
Google Translate links have been blocked for a long time because translate.google.com can be used as a proxy.
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Re:Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations by SquareWheel on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @11:38PM (#20408927)
And for the record, so can bit.ly links. URL shorteners or redirection services are often blocked from being posted (eg. also on reddit).
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Re:Google employees are listening to Google Home conversations by rosszurowski on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @01:16PM (#20404064)
Ah, that makes sense. Thanks!
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