Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content”
by analyte123 on Friday July 16, 2021 @05:33PM
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Google (and all other providers) can not be sued for their users distributing "dangerous" or whatever content. This is literally the purpose of section 230. The only exception is the sex trafficking stuff covered under SESTA/FOSTA.
Whatever pressure they're getting to do this comes from somewhere besides the threat of private civil lawsuits.
Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content”
by prepend on Friday July 16, 2021 @04:32PM
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They can only be sued now because they are trying to filter out content. Therefore anything remaining is intentional.
I think it would be better to not take proactive filtering based on what they think is misleading and to instead rely on legal judgements to remove info.
Misleading people isn’t illegal (in the US at least, currently). There are situations where it is and that would be a good line for Google to take.
Now I want them to be sued enough times to make them stop doing this.
It's really not about their "good intentions" but about their self-interest.
It's not about freedom of speech either. Everybody has the right to say whatever they want, and Google has the right not to distribute it. Free markets 101.
The fact that Google has de facto monopoly in some areas is a problem that government needs to deal with.