• The Role Of The Media To Rein In Big Tech

    From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to nz.general,comp.misc on Thu Sep 18 22:00:16 2025
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    Efc|Efc+ media outfit Stuff has started a department called rCLSolving StuffrCY,
    for readers to write in with problems theyrCOre having with various
    large outfits, in the hope that publicity will shame the companies
    concerned into doing the right thing.

    Besides issues with over-eager private parking companies giving out infringement notices to drivers who pull into a parking spot for mere
    seconds, I came across these ones about trouble with Google Maps:

    A street which was missing from Maps <https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360811863/exactly-situation-we-didnt-want-street-missing-google-maps-and-why-it-matters>.
    A private driveway which was somehow marked as a public road on Maps,
    and frequently used as such by random members of the public <https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360828351/its-private-property-so-why-does-google-maps-say-womans-driveway-road>.

    In both cases, the people affected did try to contact Google to fix
    the issue repeatedly, without success. In both cases, Google did
    (eventually) fix the problem after queries from Stuff.

    If you didnrCOt have the media, whorCOre you gonna call?
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  • From Your Name@YourName@YourISP.com to nz.general,comp.misc on Fri Sep 19 11:38:20 2025
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    On 2025-09-18 22:00:16 +0000, Lawrence D-|Oliveiro said:

    <snip>
    If you didnrCOt have the media, whorCOre you gonna call?

    Fair Go ... oh, wait, the fools cancelled it. :-(

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