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0 pointssriram_malhar3y ago0 comments

No, it isn't always about social media, or free speech, or 18-24 year olds.

An NGO I consult for runs its entire business on Google. All its documents are on Google docs, all digital assets on google drive, using google play store for their mobile app, using firebase on the backend ....

They work on children's education, and have lots of photos of children attending their workshops. My biggest fear is that Google AI will identify some photo as objectionable and shut the entire operation down in a hurry. Without recourse.

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qzx_pierri3y ago

> An NGO I consult for runs its entire business on Google. All its documents are on Google docs, all digital assets on google drive, using google play store for their mobile app, using firebase on the backend

Sounds like an egregious lack of contingency planning. This situation is the fault of the engineer who stood up their infra. Your argument wouldn't exist if there were a Plan B and Plan C in place.

Do you believe it's fair that your client's lack of preparation is somehow grounds for overreaching government regulation?

rini173y ago

Good luck trying to convince an resource-strapped nonprofit to implement contingency plan for this.

No government regulation means existence of these will for all practical purposes depend on Google's whim. I don't see any other viable option, you do? can you elaborate?

qzx_pierri3y ago

> I don't see any other viable option, you do? can you elaborate?

lol you're a consultant?

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0 pointssriram_malhar3y ago0 comments

No, it isn't always about social media, or free speech, or 18-24 year olds.

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qzx_pierri3y ago

Sounds like an egregious lack of contingency planning. This situation is the fault of the engineer who stood up their infra. Your argument wouldn't exist if there were a Plan B and Plan C in place.

Do you believe it's fair that your client's lack of preparation is somehow grounds for overreaching government regulation?

rini173y ago

Good luck trying to convince an resource-strapped nonprofit to implement contingency plan for this.

No government regulation means existence of these will for all practical purposes depend on Google's whim. I don't see any other viable option, you do? can you elaborate?

qzx_pierri3y ago

> I don't see any other viable option, you do? can you elaborate?

lol you're a consultant?

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