Week 10 of POOP

Miracle of miracles: Google has finally deleted my copyrighted posts I asked to be removed months ago.

But our work isn't done: The removal tool is still down. And now old posts that folks successfully removed ages ago are reappearing. That includes several other posts of mine.

This was a problem at least once before, but Google then claimed they had fixed it for good. Oops.

This isn't just an issue of people trying to keep personal matters private and protect their works. What's going to happen to Google if something illegal that someone else posted but Google deleted reappears? What if somebody had posted child porn or violent threats against public officials, and it reappears on Google?

Google could actually be prosecuted if it allows illegal material to reappear on its site.

Also, remember how last week I told you that Google reportedly fixed its long-broken message search feature after reading about the problem in Wired? Welp, it's already broken again. This isn't a serious matter as far as this blog is concerned, but it bodes ill for other problems being fixed soon.