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You know, this is interesting. Google is taking something close to an editorial stance here - it is clear that they take action against their customers based on
by _jal 6y ago
You know, this is interesting. Google is taking something close to an editorial stance here - it is clear that they take action against their customers based on content on their sites.
Some might consider that sites with controversial content who use Google as their registrar and not taken down are considered reviewed-and-OK by Google.
Others might start pressuring Google to expand the nature of content they find unacceptable.
And yet others might try pressuring them to expand their policing - who knows how many bad actors could be shut down with Gmail monitoring?
- notriddle 6y agoPhishing is not "controversial." It's illegal, and it undermines the principle of informed consent that meaningful freedom requires. Even if Google isn't legally obligated to take down phishing domains, I refuse to be so anal as to complain about it. It is everybody's job to make the internet safe and usable. Too bad Google does a terrible job of it. No way am I signing up for a Google Domain in the future.
- dannyw 6y agoYeah, there’s nothing wrong with taking down phishing sites. The problem is when you misapply the restriction and take down a whole domain of a platform.
- _jal 6y agoThe point is not whether it is reasonable to do so or not; I agree that phishing sites should go. The point is that there is a large lobby out there for knocking different types of content offline, and they don't show much concern for whether their demands also seem reasonable. Most registrars feel they should not be in the content policing or law enforcement business. Google volunteering to do it in one area that makes sense opens the door for pressure to do it in other areas that make less sense.