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2022, Google refuses to reinstate man’s account after he took medical images of son’s groin https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/22/google-cs...

> The man... took pictures of his son’s groin to send to a doctor after realizing it was inflamed. The doctor used that image to diagnose Mark’s son and prescribe antibiotics. When the photos were automatically uploaded to the cloud, Google’s system identified them as CSAM. Two days later, Mark’s Gmail and other Google accounts, including Google Fi, which provides his phone service, were disabled over “harmful content” that was “a severe violation of the company’s policies and might be illegal”... He later found out that Google had flagged another video he had on his phone and that the San Francisco police department opened an investigation into him.

> Mark was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing, but Google has said it will stand by its decision.

Less "guilty until" and more "guilty despite innocence."



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