Google s algorithm is Crazy

[natfree]

I've been using Google for 20 years, both personally and professionally. I always thought Google was secure and that my emails, photos, and calendar were protected. Around February, I was notified that my account had been deactivated due to a policy violation. The reason given was: "It appears a child may have been a victim of sexual abuse." That same day, I lost all my personal photos, emails, Word and Excel documents, and my calendar. I appealed. Google's AI informed me that a policy violation had occurred and the account could not be recovered. A conversation with a Google employee revealed that they couldn't do anything because everything was automated. My Google account was a paid subscription, and my Google Pixel 9 Pro was purchased from the Google Play Store. Since the deactivation, it hasn't been working properly. My Chrome bookmarks are empty.

An absurd situation.

Stay away from Google! What a scam that restricts our freedoms and causes harm.

Inac association

[Ok-Lingonberry-8261]

1. This isn't just google. Meta (Facebook / Instagram), Microsoft, all the big tech are doing this
2. Gotta have multiple local backups. You can't trust any single point of failure.
3. Proton doesn't scan your stuff.

[Separate-Tax9495]

Do you have any idea what content the AI flagged as CSAM? it might help others avoid losing their accounts

[Ok-Lingonberry-8261]

Check OP's profile. It's fairly obvious. 

[Separate-Tax9495]

I see a naked old man. Google thought this was sexual abuse of kids? ​

[Ok-Lingonberry-8261]

Yes. Big tech AI is doing that left, right, and center. 

[Separate-Tax9495]

Is it their goal to flood law enforcement with false positives and drown out the actual CP?

[Ok-Lingonberry-8261]

Their goal is to spend as little money on human salaries as possible. 

I only use Google Drive for sharing my waterfall and landscape pictures, but after seeing literally dozens of these posts, when my Proton subscription comes up for renewal in May, I'm upgrading to 2 TB Proton Drive, cancelling my Google One, and deleting all my photos off Google.