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Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by ceilingcorner on Friday July 16, 2021 @02:57PM (#27859868)
> The other truth is we're all outraged when these companies host some stuff that we don't like ... and get upset when they don't host the stuff we do like.

Is this actually true? I only think certain fringe Twitter groups are mad that companies host controversial things.

Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by tsimionescu on Friday July 16, 2021 @05:16PM (#27861328)
There is a long history of people in the USA and elsewhere being mad that companies host certain things - pornography was illegal to distribute for decades because of such beliefs, and is still segregated from non-pornographic content, and shunned by all regular advertisers (you won't see Coca-Cola ads or Beats headphones on pornographic sites) for precisely this reason.
Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by filleduchaos on Friday July 16, 2021 @04:06PM (#27860647)
Complacence might be a better descriptor than mad/outraged. For example nobody really gets up in arms over companies choosing not to host (what they deem to be) pornography for example, and various bans of risqué content and the people who produce them from major platforms tend to get a lukewarm response from people who are otherwise vocal about free speech (see: the USA's FOSTA/SESTA)
Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by duxup on Friday July 16, 2021 @02:58PM (#27859877)
Man I'd love to find test that theory scientifically.