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Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by zuminator on Friday July 16, 2021 @03:17PM (#27860108)
Host absolutely everything? Instructions on creating explosives, chemical and biological weapons? Some future doomsday weapon? Would you say everything should be available up to and including methods for any unbalanced individual to single-handedly kill thousands or millions? How about your personal details, ID, address, employer, medical history, surfing, shopping habits? Would you even be ok with hackernews piercing the veil of your "throwaways885" username and publishing it?
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Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by throwaways885 on Friday July 16, 2021 @03:30PM (#27860245)
What I'm suggesting is that neither I or large corporations are capable of making that distinction. Nor the government for that matter.
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Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by nobody_at_all on Saturday July 17, 2021 @12:22AM (#27863524)
Corporations only make that distinction on their property.

These big tech companies do not have the power to silence anyone.

Just like you can ban people you don't like from yours.

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Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by dahfizz on Friday July 16, 2021 @03:19PM (#27860137)
Platforms are not publishers. The publisher of these things should face legal action (including the removal of their content). It's not for the platform to pick and choose.
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Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by mahogany on Friday July 16, 2021 @04:03PM (#27860606)
Can you define "platform" in this context? Is this a legal term?

It's interesting to see this dichotomy between platforms and publishers in these types of threads. I assume it stems from a reading of Section 230 somehow, but the word "platform" never appears in that text.

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Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by Dylan16807 on Friday July 16, 2021 @05:07PM (#27861235)
Strictly speaking, "platform" is an umbrella term, and people are actually distinguishing between publisher and non-publisher.
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