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Google Responds to Bad Press About Google+ Suspensions

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Last weekend Google was getting some bad press for suspending a large number of Google+ accounts for violations of its strict real name policy. Tech blogger Robert Scoble on Sunday wrote about his conversation with Google VP Vic Gundotra who admitted Google has made some mistakes. Then on Monday Google VP of Product Bradley Horowitz made a public statement regarding some changes that Google will be making. “We’ve noticed that many violations of the Google+ common name policy were in fact well-intentioned and inadvertent and for these users our process can be frustrating and disappointing. So we’re currently making a number of improvements to this process – specifically regarding how we notify these users that they’re not in compliance with Google+ policies and how we communicate the remedies available to them,” Horowitz wrote. READ MORE »