In mid-December, Google made important changes to the policies for the use of Drive, the cloud storage service, which warned of this You can review and delete content if you find it ‘inappropriate’ And even veto cloud users.
Our colleagues from jinbeta They collect information. In accordance with the new policies applied to Drive, new Docs, Sheets, Presentations, Forms, and Sites, Google will be able to access our files stored in the Drive cloud To verify that they are following your rules and not “threatening” your ability to provide the Services:
Once we have been notified of a potential policy violation, we may review the content and take action, such as restricting access to the content, removing the content, and limiting or terminating a user’s access to Google products.
Google explains it The file will be reviewed using automated systems And if something suspicious is detected, users will receive notifications that Google has marked one of their content stored in the Drive cloud as “inappropriate.”
A group of experts will review the case and determine the best course of action: from restricting access to the content, or limiting its access to third parties, even by those with a direct link, or directly deleting the file, or Even ban user from all Google services.
Content owners will receive an email informing them of the actions, and explaining that they can request a review in case they consider it to be an error.
According to Google, these new measures will take effect two weeks after their announcement, that is, they are now in effect in 2022, and Google has started reviewing its users’ files. According to the company, this practice focuses on pursuing file hosting from Malware, which is not completely illegal, sexually explicit content, hate speech and Content that puts children at risk.
Although Google states that it can be done Exceptions based on artistic, educational, documentary, or scientific considerations, Do not specify what type of content will be considered “inappropriate”. At this point the controversy is created because Consideration of the content will be arbitrary and will fall entirely on Google, other than files of an illegal nature that he had to delete for a long time.
It is worth noting that Apple announced a similar system for reviewing files in iCloud focused on preventing sexual exploitation of children, but the controversy it caused prevented its implementation and Apple announced that it would make “improvements.” However, Google has gone ahead and implemented a system that, while similar, is much more controversial.
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