Pollen (CEO Negus-Fancey, CTO Wright) tried to remove article, and Google helped
A blogger reports that Google removed their article about the collapse of the events tech company Pollen following a questionable copyright infringement claim. The author argues that the claim is a bad-faith attempt by the company's founders to erase negative public records.
Why it matters
It highlights the vulnerability of independent journalism to 'censorship by copyright' and the potential for automated takedown systems to be abused by corporations.
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The article presents a personal account of a specific incident without clear political partisan framing, though it is critical of corporate behavior.
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