Comment by Pulcinella
5 years ago
I wonder if it would be faster to deal with this through legal. I’m not a lawyer, but I wonder if you could send a C&D to Google legal or something because this seems like an actual case of slander and reputation damage.
To any lawyers or even well-read armchair legal analysts, could this be a case of libel?
If your systems have any number of nines in their SLA, drafting a letter to Google's legal department is not a viable strategy.
If you are a big enough company your lawyers could have a stern but relatively friendly chat with Google’s lawyers.
I can neither confirm or deny this myself...
Yeah my thought behind this was you are a large enough or wealthy enough company that you can afford lawyers. If you are an individual or mom and pop business whose blog or small e-commerce shop are blocked then you are probably SOL.
Once you enter litigation with Google, good luck accessing your Android.
You may believe this is extreme, but many people have had their Gmail account suspended without known reason. So if they also have a reason...
So de-google first, then sue.
Otherwise you might as well give up and conclude that google not just controls the internet but is also above the law.