Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content”

Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by gjsman-1000 on Friday July 16, 2021 @01:08PM (#27858457)

A. Which government? All governments in general collectively? Or just the governments you want to believe? I'm sure they aren't going to listen to the COVID skeptic President of Brazil, right?

Even better, as a user, can I appeal to the authority of a different government than the one I live in? Let's say I appeal to the authority of Brazil as governing my content even though I live in the US. How does that work?

B. Because no government has ever lied on official records when there is a disaster. For sure. And no government is currently, right now, lying on their records to save face. For sure.

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Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by zpeti on Friday July 16, 2021 @02:45PM (#27859723)

Well, we only have to go back a year, and you are saying the Trump admin is the only one speaking truth…

I find it insane that Silicon Valley companies have such short memories, and can’t even comprehend that 1 year ago the same policies would have resulted in banning anything Trump disagreed with.

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Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by native_samples on Friday July 16, 2021 @04:00PM (#27860578)

The "policy" is merely a fig leaf to disguise untrammelled totalitarianism and arbitrary abuses of power.

It's sad. I used to work there. What monster did we create, exactly.

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