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Re:PSA: Always use a separate domain for user content by fukka42 on Friday October 10, 2025 @09:34AM (#45538833)
Still not sure why it's legal for Google to slander companies like this. They often have no proof or it's a false positive, meanwhile they're screaming about how malicious you are.
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Re:PSA: Always use a separate domain for user content by jacquesm on Friday October 10, 2025 @09:36AM (#45538852)
Because Google has absolutely nothing to lose and you do, besides that they can outlast anybody except for nation states in court.
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Re:PSA: Always use a separate domain for user content by fukka42 on Friday October 10, 2025 @10:01AM (#45539178)
How does this answer the question of legality?
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Re:PSA: Always use a separate domain for user content by jacquesm on Friday October 10, 2025 @10:05AM (#45539237)
Questions of legality are answered by a judge, not by a forum
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Re:PSA: Always use a separate domain for user content by fukka42 on Friday October 10, 2025 @10:37AM (#45539608)
Could you please review the HN guidelines? Thanks.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#comments

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Re:PSA: Always use a separate domain for user content by acoustics on Friday October 10, 2025 @09:41AM (#45538909)
Notably this post did not examine whether any of the sites it was hosting on this domain was malicious/misleading.
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Re:PSA: Always use a separate domain for user content by fukka42 on Friday October 10, 2025 @10:04AM (#45539225)
I'm not asking about this specific case. There are plenty of examples of Google wrongly accusing others of being malicious with massive business impact
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Re:PSA: Always use a separate domain for user content by ericselin on Friday October 10, 2025 @09:38AM (#45538874)
Good question, it probably shouldn't be legal. Enforcing the law on these behemoths is another problem, though... :)
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Re:PSA: Always use a separate domain for user content by petepete on Saturday October 11, 2025 @04:54AM (#45547647)
My site, a library for building services with the GOV.UK Design System, is currently blocked too.

Despite being a paying Google Workspace customer, I can't get in touch with anyone who can help.

https://github.com/x-govuk/govuk-components/

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