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Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by wutbrodo on Saturday July 17, 2021 @10:25AM (#27865992)
> It's funny to see people freak out about this when entire foundation of Google is built on the proposition that it can make effective judgments about the relative value of various content out there on the web.

You're thinking of Google Search, their web search product. The thread is talking about Google Drive, their file-storage and - sharing product. If you don't get the difference between these two products and the expectations around them, I don't know what to tell you.

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Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by wwweston on Saturday July 17, 2021 @11:33AM (#27866487)
The relevant differences between those two products are:

(a) Google is actually less uniquely powerful or threatening when it comes to the hosting segment

(b) Google has an even greater claim to moral and legal rights to say "yeah, we're gonna decide not to carry/disseminate certain content,", except to the extent that your position here involves the idea that compelled speech is the way forward.

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