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Hyperbole much? They seem to be using a automated scanning program to flag content. Didn't Google do something similar that became a big issue on HN?
by cooldeal 14y ago
Hyperbole much? They seem to be using a automated scanning program to flag content. Didn't Google do something similar that became a big issue on HN?
- ctdonath 14y agoNot hyperbole. There's a legal concept in the USA of "common carrier", holding an agent transferring information not accountable for the information transferred. As in: Verizon is not a culpable party if you use their cellular network to arrange a capital (or other) crime. By stating content limitations in the EULA, and by actively searching for violations, MS is now legally culpable for content which is in criminal violation of the law. Whether they are prosecuted may be a different story, but the legal culpability remains.
- icebraining 14y agoMy mother taught me at a young age that "they did it too" is not a valid excuse.
- rbanffy 14y ago> They seem to be using a automated scanning program to flag content. And when the content gets flagged, what do you think happens next? Don't you think that, at some level, there will be a human involved?
- Dylan16807 14y agoYes, it's not the flagging that bothers me. An inability to upload certain files the computer doesn't like is annoying at best. But the chance that they will go around humanly inspecting my files based on that? Dealbreaker.
- HarshaThota 14y agoCan you cite a source regarding the human involvement? I don't recall ever hearing about that. All the previous stories just indicated that the account shutdown was due to an automated scan.