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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by einpoklum on Sunday January 31, 2021 @06:16AM (#25977950)
> extremely abusive content

This phrasing suggests it was probably not even illegal to publish.

What if this content had been something that Google finds politically or commercially disfavorable to its interests, rather than something we would all think is intolerable? What if it _is_ like that?

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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by hedora on Sunday January 31, 2021 @05:12PM (#25983088)
To the extent Google can lock you up for life for being inconvenient for their business model, I suppose it could have been innocuous content.

Oh, wait. We’re still a decade away from that particular dystopia, so I’ll guess kiddie porn or actual planning of terrorist attacks.

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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by GoblinSlayer on Monday February 01, 2021 @03:57AM (#25986879)
Wait, if CP and terrorist attacks are posted in the open, then what FBI wants to read in e2ee traffic?
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Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ... by einpoklum on Sunday January 31, 2021 @06:25PM (#25983679)
> so I’ll guess kiddie porn or actual planning of terrorist attacks.

It seems you guess wrong. The Element guy did not mention any illegality, which is what makes me suspicious.

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