Google changes appeals process for suspected child abuse images

http://web.archive.org/web/20221231064943/https://www.nytime...

I pay for Google one. My hope is that being a paying customer, not trapped in freemium I may fare better if an automaton misapplied a block on me. But I do also have semi annual takout dumps.

Under 2FA I think my risk exposure in account loss is still pretty bad. Oauth federated back to Google and lose google? Bad.

My best guess is that by now, almost every active google email holder has at one time or another breached their terms of service. Technically, we'd all be on show-cause.

This seems backwards to me. Maybe I’m too American to understand why I should need to prove my innocence. Yes, Google isn’t a court of law but the same principle of justice applies.

I guess the best practical advice is to have backups and never to rely on the shifting winds of corporate policy.