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Sex Workers Say Porn on Google Drive Is Suddenly Disappearing
[...] Six porn performers I talked to and more on social media said that they suddenly can't download adult content they keep on Google Drive. They also said they can't a[sic] share that content with other accounts or send to clients. In some cases, the adult content is disappearing from Drive without warning or explanation. The porn performers I talked to started sounding the alarm on Twitter last week. They said that Google Drive no longer seemed sex-trade friendly, detailing error messages and sharing cloud storage alternatives with each other.
When I asked about sexual content being blocked on Drive, a spokesperson for Google directed me to the Drive policy page—specifically the section on sexually explicit material, which says, "Do not publish sexually explicit or pornographic images or videos.... Additionally, we do not allow content that drives traffic to commercial pornography." Writing about porn and sex is permitted, the policy states, as long as it's not accompanied by sexually explicit images or videos. According to Google, Drive uses a combination of automated systems and manual review to decide what's in violation.
[...] "It seems like all of our videos in Google Drive are getting flagged by some sort of automated system," Stone said. "We're not even really getting notified of it, the only way we really found out was one of our customers told us he couldn't view or download the video we sent him."
Stone's files aren't removed from Drive, but when she tries to play the video or download it, she said Google gives her an error message: "Whoops! There was a problem playing this video" with an option to download the item, but the download link doesn't work.
Some sex workers are wondering if this has something to do with the impending vote on the SESTA-FOSTA bill, which is on the Senate floor for debate this week. [ed. note: it was passed]
It could also be that Google is suddenly enforcing its Terms of Service without warning.
[...] "I don't believe that Google should be allowed to dictate what you and another consenting adult send to each other through email."
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 25 2018, @11:54PM (1 child)
Aside the 'dont be evil' thing.
Guess that only meant 'bash on MS' not actually DONT BE EVIL.
Google is becoming socialist. Sorry folks but this is *what* *they* *do*. For their system to work they must control what you do and say and think. Look to facebook. They tried to control the narrative and did not do a good job at it. They are now being publicly shamed about how bad a job they did at it. When the 'left' realizes the DNC has no care for you other than the power you give them to work against your interests they will be better off. Remember this is the party that started the KKK to make sure people voted democrat. They attacked blacks not because they disliked blacks but because most blacks of the time voted republican. Then turned around and blamed the Republicans for what they do. Their current jihad is to remove your rights. If they manage to get rid of the 2nd (good luck) *ALL* of them are fair game. Next up will be a full frontal attack on 1st. They are planning it and attempting to execute on it.. Look to Great Britain and Germany for what they want to do to us. Think I sound paranoid? I have 0 use for a gun and do not think I need one. But I am not going to talk about taking rights away. Nor am I going to go deleting porn stars work from their drives. It is their stuff. It seems Live and let live is 100% diametrically opposed to a socialist society and the world Google wants us to live in.
Pity Google used to be a cool place to work at.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 26 2018, @08:47AM
I'm pretty sure that Google still pays employees depending on how well they work, and still feels free to fire them if they don't perform. I'm also pretty sure that Google has no intentions to pass ownership of the company to its employees.
Yes, that's how they make money. You seem to falsely equate control with socialism. You couldn't be more wrong. People in power have been control freaks at all times, in any system, to the extend they were able and could get away with. And it didn't even matter whether it was political power, economic power, or criminal power. Power and the desire to control are two sides of the same coin.
That's why it is always bad to give anyone too much power. Americans have somewhat internalized that for the government, but still have to learn it for corporations; I fear you'll have to learn it the hard way.