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Originally Posted by Nightstar76
I meant more in terms of the community guidelines violations, actually. If those videos were available, not flagged as for adults even, then they should have been grabbed immediately.
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I know what you're referencing, and no -
even dA shouldn't be that stringent, with good reason.
Simply put, by making themselves arbiters of what violates "the rules," they're ultimately setting themselves up for failure, for two reasons.
1. Google has a huge legal team, so they know better than to "flag" "subpar" material. They would be setting themselves up for liability for
all the site's content, which would require a staggering number of moderators to enforce. They would go bankrupt just
considering the logistics. Or they can take the alternate approach of onerous submission standards, which both defeat the purpose of an open Internet, and - again - would make Google liable for user content.
2. Should Google decide to arbitrarily suspend user content, you would quickly get to see just how many attorneys would take the opportunity to sue the shit out of Mountain View -
pro bono, no less.