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

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1525 points garyclarke27 | 1 comments | 18 May 20 07:37 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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kyrra ◴[19 May 20 02:38 UTC] No.23230796[source]▶
(googler, opinions are my own).

Looks like the appeal was accepted[0]. As well, Google's SVP of Android/Chrome/ChromeOS/PlayStore apologized to the Podcast Addict team[1].

[0] https://twitter.com/PodcastAddict/status/1262541050817605632

[1] https://twitter.com/PodcastAddict/status/1262562502417641473

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kwhitefoot ◴[19 May 20 07:48 UTC] No.23232358[source]▶
What action is being taken to prevent similar foolishness in the future?

Or is Google leaving their process unchanged in the hope that the next thing to be unreasonably suppressed will evoke less outrage?

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1. a9entroy ◴[19 May 20 08:08 UTC] No.23232482[source]▶
It's hard to take an action. Google cares about recall right now to avoid liability. In theory it could be easily solved by lowering the threshold which will certainly improve precision. But you know what that will also do? It will lower recall which will just open Google up to litigation or regulation. See what regulation did to YouTube. It's the same reason YouTube has such a weird copyright strike process. Google is not secretly conspiring against YouTube creators like the creators would like you to believe.