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What I find strange about Google, is that there's a lot of illegal advertising on Google maps - things like accomodation and liquor sellers that don't have perm
by bjt12345 10mo ago
What I find strange about Google, is that there's a lot of illegal advertising on Google maps - things like accomodation and liquor sellers that don't have permits.
However, if they do it for the statutory term, they can then successfully apply for existing-use rights.
Yet I've seen expert witnesses bring up Google pins on Maps during tribunal over planning permits and the tribunal sort of acts as if it's all legit.
I've even seen the tribunals report publish screenshots from Google maps as part of their judgement.
- oakwhiz 10mo agolegal citogenesis?
- actionfromafar 10mo agoClan justice, google is the clan.
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 10mo agoReality is just tug of war and weight is all that matters at the limit
- rcxdude 10mo agoIs it treated differently from other kinds of advertising? A lot of planning and permitting has a bit of a 'if it's known about and no-one's been complaining it's OK' kind of principle to it.
- deltoidmaximus 10mo agoReminds me of Trap streets or Trap towns that cartographers would use to watermark their maps and prove plagiarism. The trouble is reality would sometimes change to match the map.
- lunias 10mo agoI was a victim of this when I moved into my house. Being unfamiliar with the area, I googled for a locksmith near me. It returned a result in a shopping center just about a mile away from me. I'd driven past that center before, it seemed entirely plausible that there was a locksmith in there. I called the locksmith and they came, but in an unmarked van, spent over an hour to change 2 locks, damaged both locks, and then tried to charge me like $600 because the locks were high security. It's actually a deal for me, y'know, these locks go for much more usually. I just paid them and immediately contacted my credit card company to dispute the charge. I called their office to complain and the lady answering the phone hung up on me multiple times. I drove to where the office was supposed to be, and there was no such office. I reported this to google maps and it did get removed very quickly, but this seems like something that should be checked or at least tied back to an actual person in some way for accountability. Then I went to the hardware store and re-changed all the locks myself.
- socalgal2 10mo agoJust curious, if you were Google, how would you fix this? And take the question seriously, because it's harder than it sounds. They are certainly trying. It's not good for them to have fake listings. https://podcast.rainmakerreputation.com/2412354/episodes/16941865-maps-spam-wars-google-s-battle-against-fake-maps-listings-reviews https://podcast.rainmakerreputation.com/2412354/episodes/169... (just googled that, didn't listen, was looking for a much older podcast from I think Reply All from like 10yrs ago)
- lunias 10mo agoIt definitely sounds like a hard problem. I'm not familiar with the current process, but based on what I found when I looked it up, it seems like there is a verification step already in place, but some of the methods of verification are tenuous. The method that seems the most secure to me is delivering a pin to the physical location that's being registered, but I feel like everything is exploitable.
- noAnswer 10mo agoThey could send real mail to the address with an activate code in it.