Kashmir HillDec 30, 2022
After I did the story about the dad whose Google account was closed and deleted for taking a photo of his naked toddler for the doctor, I heard from a distraught mother in Colorado who was going through the same thing and didn't know why. Her Google account was disabled, taking with it her wedding photos, videos of her 9yo son growing up, tax documents, email and everything else. And she had no idea why. She was in tears. "It feels like my house burned down," she told me: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/30/technology/google-appeals-change.html
Google Changes Appeals Process for Suspected Child Abuse Images

People who upload images of children that Google flags as potentially illegal will be able to provide more context to appeal bans.

The New York Times
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The mother used a form to request a review of Google's decision to close her account, but to no avail. She was told only that there was harmful content in her YouTube account that might be illegal. She had no idea what it could be. This went on for weeks. And then her nine-year-old son finally confessed: He had used her old smartphone to make a YouTube short of himself dancing naked. He thought it would be funny. The YouTube app was signed into her account. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/30/technology/google-appeals-change.html
Google Changes Appeals Process for Suspected Child Abuse Images

People who upload images of children that Google flags as potentially illegal will be able to provide more context to appeal bans.

The New York Times
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Dec 31, 2022 at 4:04pmWeb