Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content”

Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by TedDoesntTalk on Friday July 16, 2021 @09:24PM (#27862899)

I don’t think he was talking about search results. Rather other Google products like Drive. People used to share Hollywood films on Drive, for example.

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Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by michaelpb on Sunday July 18, 2021 @02:17PM (#27875125)

Huh, I never have tried this, but I'm pretty sure sharing hollywood films on drive has always violated their Terms of Service, although I could see them not being great at enforcement all the time.

If Drive was that permissive, then upload sites that tended to "look the other way", like Rapidshare, MegaUpload, etc, would never have existed.

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Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by TedDoesntTalk on Sunday July 18, 2021 @10:20PM (#27878615)

MegaUpload and friends predated Google Drive as I recall.

It may have always been against their terms of service, but that didn’t stop it from happening in the beginning.

Source: first-hand experience

Edit: I checked dates. Google Drive started 2012. MegaUpload started 2005.

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