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I think the Zerohedge article should have been linked directly, it provides much more information on what happened.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-21/one-statistics-prof...

It does indeed seem he was shut down, but it's unclear as to "why" it was done. Google's standard black box in effect. That may be the most frustrating part.

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It is still not clear to me what happened. The reply from Google sums up to "You angered us, figure it out. It's in the TOS".

If they reply like that when turning down appeals, it's usually for something very egregious that might have legal ramifications. Look up "thomasmonopoly" for a case at the very edge of legality that made it to HN years ago. (I'm not saying that it's the case here, but it gives you an idea of the seriousness, especially if VPs go silent.)

Not familiar with Zerohedge but the entire thing does seem pretty questionable, especially non-reinstatement after review.

Google needs to get on clarifying this and the reasons behind ASAP because right now it looks like an entire internet presence was shut down due to publishing unpopular math.

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