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Google bans Podcast Addict app over non-approved Covid-19 content

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1525 points garyclarke27 | 2 comments | 18 May 20 07:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.425s | source
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lord_erasmus ◴[18 May 20 08:37 UTC] No.23219890[source]▶
In most of these stories featuring Google abusing their power to remove apps, it's usually a matter of some automated tool gone wrong and the problem is solved a couple of days later. But this time it's different, they are actually asking developers to censor themselves if they are not affiliated with a gov.
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swiley ◴[18 May 20 11:14 UTC] No.23220957[source]▶
Meh. If I left an automation roaming the streets and it ate someone’s kid I would get in trouble.

If google’s automations are broken and they harm the world then they need to be responsible and fix them or replace them with people.

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1. buttersbrian ◴[18 May 20 13:38 UTC] No.23222115[source]▶
But automating something that might eat a kid, versus inadvertently blocking an app access very very different. This why no one is tackling a nanny bot --- repercussions.

Agreed on the last part.

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2. swiley ◴[18 May 20 19:07 UTC] No.23226998[source]▶
Ok maybe an automation that blocked a parking lot is a better analogy.