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.mlEnglish
    5631·
    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?

    • fadedmasterEnglish
      30·
      6 months ago

      Original Wired article says later in it that Google thought she was spamming. This is relayed through the author though and not Google directly.

      And you’re right. She still had all her work, just couldn’t share it.

      Also, I haven’t read the author’s content, but nothing I saw when I searched the name seems to indicate it was CP. Also, the fact that Google didn’t remove the content entirely indicates it wasn’t illegal content.

      • astreus@lemmy.mlEnglish
        128·
        6 months ago

        "Google never specified which of her 222,000 words was inappropriate. There were no highlighted sections, no indicators of what had rendered her documents unshareable. Had one of her readers flagged the content without discussing it with her first? "

        So much of her work could have broken the T&Cs that she can’t identify what it could be without highlights.

        Original Wired article says later in it that Google thought she was spamming

        Different author, but if that’s the case (and it seems this author shares files to over 80 people in one go) then it’s a spam filter issue? Again, non story.

        The headline is a complete lie.

        • fadedmasterEnglish
          11·
          6 months ago

          Ah. I can’t pull the original article back up due to a pay wall but I did read it quickly so is possible it was a different author.

    • OrlandoDeCabron [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      105·
      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.mlEnglish
        14·
        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.

        • mindbleachEnglish
          1·
          6 months ago

          That’s why the classic image of censorship is duct tape over your… brain.