Google Drive
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| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| Release Year | 2012 |
| Product Type | Cloud, Cloud storage |
| In Production | Yes |
| Official Website | |
Google Drive is a cloud storage service released by Google, on April 24th, 2012.
Consumer-impact summary
Incidents
Banning users for unfair reasons
The flaws present in the automated moderation system that scans and reviews the files on Google Drive accounts has caused several users accounts to be banned for multiple unfair reasons. Some users even have appealed to get their accounts and files back with no success.
One recent case involved a manga author account being banned for uploading his old mangas to his Google Drive Account for backing up purposes. The automated moderation system flagged this action as a copyright infringement and banned the author's account from every Google service. He tried to appeal to Google, but the request ended rejected. [1]
Limiting storage space for users not linking their phone number (May 2026)
Since May 2026, the maximum storage limit of 15GB has been limited for users that have no linked their phone number, restricting their storage limit up to 5GB[2].
See also
References
- ↑ https://x.com/masahiroitosugi/status/2055495103309840853
- ↑ Schoon, Ben (14 May 2026). "Google accounts no longer get 15GB of free storage, only 5GB until you link a phone number". 95ToGoogle. Archived from the original on 2026-05-15. Retrieved 23 May 2026.