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   Aether ??? (aether@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 01-Dec-2023 19:52:01 JST Aether ???
   The web browser that was banned from the Google Play store because it can browse the web is back up.
   
   arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/11/google-reverses-latest-ban-on-web-browser-after-another-bogus-dmca-takedown/
   
   Google may be both evil and stupid, but apparently they still have limits.
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     Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺 (ned@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Friday, 01-Dec-2023 19:52:01 JST Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺

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     @Aether for real though. This is not Google's fault. The DMCA process is literally written into law. You have to do it the way the law says so.

     An amendment to that law needs to be made so that
     A) there is more wiggle room around the technical process in which claims are submitted.
     B) there is a clear definition of a valid claim that includes providing evidence.
     C) false claims are punished harshly.

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     kamehamic (kamehamic@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2023 06:53:30 JST kamehamic

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     • Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺
     @ned @Aether AFAIK google does nothing about false claims, or at least I never heard a case where they did.
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     Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺 (ned@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2023 06:53:30 JST Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺

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     • kamehamic

     @kamehamic @Aether correct. They can't. Like I said, the whole process is literally written into the law. There is no punishment for false claims, and the host needs to pull the content no matter what.