This whole story and most of the ensuing discussion seems to be based on a misconstrual of the Google blog post in question (https://workspaceupdates.googleblog

This whole story and most of the ensuing discussion seems to be based on a misconstrual of the Google blog post in question (https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2021/12/abuse-notification-emails-google-drive.html https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2021/12/abuse-notifi...). It is not announcing new content restriction policies. Those have already been in place. What's new are the user notifications: Not new: "When a Google Drive file is identified as violating Google's Terms of Service or program policies, it may be restricted." New: "Now, the owner of the item in Google Drive will receive an email notifying them of the action taken, and alerting them of how to request a review of the restriction if they think it is a mistake. For items in shared drives, the shared drive manager will receive the notification"