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Hello @DeniGu and other moderators

There is the new function to inform about the policy when posting pictures on Google Maps, what I do from time to time…

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The problem is:

It is popping up again and again. I’m of course logged in and first time I pressed as well the “further information” button.

It comes after every 8 picture (as I remember correctly).

This ongoing popup make no sense and reduce the fun very much (beside the already existing missing view update)

Please can you check.
It is on iOS, newest version.

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Is it a EU specific? I don’t see it when I’m posting photos. Wonder if something required by EU regulations?

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I just got a Google chorme beta privacy & ad free pop-up in India.

@DeniGu

@TorM

@iyudhi

I did notice the same on the Android app this morning and possibly already yesterday.

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Hi @TorM ,

I’ll forward your feedback to the relevant team to check what might be causing the constant pop-up appearance. Thank you!

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Ok yeah I see it now. Turns out my Google Maps wasn’t on the latest version. Updated to the latest version and saw the message after posting a photo.

I’m guessing this is to combat spam and making sure users are following the rules, but I agree it can get annoying if it pops up too often.

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Right @iyudhi i also just update my Google map App, i agree with your words

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In this time I was in the US. @iyudhi

While now I’m Back in the EU and it is working as in the US. Every 7-10 picture Upload has this additional information.

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Hi @TorM , @iyudhi and @ShailendraOjha ,

Are you still experiencing this persistent notification?

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No dear moderator @DeniGu

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@DeniGu Nope! Haven’t seen the message for a while now.

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Great, thank you for the confirmation, @ShailendraOjha and @iyudhi !

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Over the weekend it was still enoying @DeniGu

Today I have no time. Will check the next days.

Hi @DeniGu ,

I can confirm: It’s gone!!!

thank you

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My friend @TorM , you are great. I was about to open a full title on this subject when I saw your article. During my last trip to Europe, I could not comment on any point or add any photographs. Dear moderator @DeniGu , please force us to do something about this issue. There were problems this summer, but while I hope that they have been resolved, the same problems continue. It has become impossible to upload photos and videos and make comments. These reasons really affected my motivation to comment while I was in Europe and I stopped doing so in europe.

can you upload now @Gezendunyali ? I did wait and now start to work on my backlog.

Hello my dear friend @TorM . I visited 4 countries during my last trip. Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium and Luxemburg. Among these countries, all the comments and photos I made only in France were blocked as soon as I shared the comment. This is very interesting. Among the places I commented on are Disneyland, big and big places like the Eiffel Tower. There were important points. And this problem was experienced only in France. All the videos and photos I added were blocked. As someone who has been a local guide for years, I know the rules well and there was nothing against the rules in my comment or the photos I added. So the problem varies depending on the country.I tried again after a few days but the result is still the same.