Romance author gets locked out of Google Docs for “inappropriate” content - Dexerto
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Aspiring Author K. Renee was reportedly locked out of her own content on Google Docs after Google flagged it as "inappropriate."

Aspiring Author K. Renee was reportedly locked out of her own content on Google Docs after Google flagged it as "inappropriate."

  • astreus@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    "Romance" is such a crap term! She was writing porn. Likely with minors. I'm involved with a lot of authors, some also write porn open-door spice, and the only things that get Google bans (from what I've been told) are kiddie porn and extreme gore.

    While the dangers of handing your documents to Google can't be overstated, don't sympathise too much with this person.

    EDIT: y'all know she was only blocked from sharing, right? She did not lose access to any of her work and no one has the right to demand a middle man for their content.

    Scenario: Jack draws some heinous CP cartoon. He wants to share it with Alice. He asks Jill to hand it to Alice. Jill says "I am not handing this to anybody." Should Jill be on blast for censoring Jack?

    Scenario 2: Jack draws some middling soft-core porn. He wants to share it with Alice. He asks Jill to hand it to Alice. Jill says "I am not handing this to anybody." Should Jill be on blast for censoring Jack?

    • OrlandoDeCabron [he/him]
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      6 months ago

      Brother, people should be allowed to entertain and write down horrific thoughts, especially in a private context, and it not be censored. Policing thought crimes is orders of magnitude more horrific than whatever vile shit someone can put on a page.

      • astreus@lemmy.ml
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        6 months ago

        I think we read different articles:

        This person was not allowed to SHARE the things written. That's not a thought crime.