**Romance author gets locked out of Google Docs for “inappropriate” content**

How many more stories like this of user data being scanned, falsely flagged, and users being locked out for Google's "mistakes" do you need?

**Get your data off of Google's servers.**

#cybersecgirl #privacy

https://www.dexerto.com/tech/romance-author-gets-locked-out-of-google-docs-for-inappropriate-content-2713004/

"All 10 of her works in progress—some 222,000 words across multiple files and folders—were frozen. Not just frozen, but inaccessible on [all of her devices]"

"It remained that way for two days. During those two days, her email slowed to a crawl—and she heard from others who had the same experience. “Truthfully, there’s more communities that have been affected by this; they’re just scared to say anything,” she says.

This may be true. Posting, under your own name, that your content has been found “inappropriate” means that search engines, Google among them, might associate your name and that word together forever."

https://www.wired.com/story/what-happens-when-a-romance-author-gets-locked-out-of-google-docs/

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Should of used habla or highlighter lol damn 🥲

i wonder if it was a paid or free google account? ..or if the terms of service are just identical? ..either way google can never be trusted

Nextcloud on your server

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**In case you think Google's data scanning and false flagging only applies to romance documents...think again.**

Even if you are somehow cool with Google going through all your data, emails, photos etc....

**There can be irreversable, life altering, real-world consequences for Google's "mistakes"**

"A California father who took naked photos of his toddler for the doctor had his life upended when an automated tool used by Google flagged his account and triggered a 10-month criminal investigation."

#cybersecgirl

https://www.koffellaw.com/blog/google-ai-technology-flags-dad-who-took-photos-o/

I should be none of their business what you write in your account, this is why I recently deleted my Google account all together.