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Google is now moderating user's bookmarks and removing them.(lemm.ee)

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smoothbrain coldtakes@lemmy.ca
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They have a duty to moderate public-facing systems. This is a link/bookmark sharing system, so obviously bookmarks that are pointing to things that are illegal are going to be dealt with.

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Blizzard@lemmy.zip
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  • OP claimed it’s his private bookmarks not facing public

  • the site doesn’t contain any illegal content. It’s just google being overzealous and intrusive

  • Google Keep Notes has a sharing note feature. You think it would ok for them to sniff what you noting and delete it if they didn’t like it?

  • one again - there’s nothing illegal on that website, nor is accessing it or sharing it’s address

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Chozo@kbin.social
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OP claimed it’s his private bookmarks not facing public

OP is mistaken. Read the email in the screenshot.

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smoothbrain coldtakes@lemmy.ca
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Let’s try reading the articles before discussing them, next time.

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LoafyLemon@kbin.social
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They don’t have to, they choose to. You can share bookmarks on Firefox, but Mozilla doesn’t filter nor censor them Orwellian style.

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smoothbrain coldtakes@lemmy.ca
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I’m pretty sure there are reasonable expectations by governments that you maintain adequate moderation, especially the EU. If Mozilla were to deploy a public facing system and not moderate it, they would catch hell from the EU and likely be fined out the ass.

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bermuda@beehaw.org
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Orwellian is when company does thing I don’t like

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smoothbrain coldtakes@lemmy.ca
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No, that’s when they’re fascists

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LoafyLemon@kbin.social
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No, it’s when the company attempts to assume the role of a governing body and delves into the privacy of people’s bedrooms.

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