Users Unable to Share Google Workspace Files: Marked as "Inappropriate"

LET'S TALK ABOUT UNSHAREABLE FILES DUE TO INAPPROPRIATE FLAG.

This article will provide details and resources around a recent event from Google.

Google Event:

Users are trying to share files but are receive the following message... "You cannot share this item because it has been flagged as inappropriate".

Files being flagged as inappropriate and becoming unshareable is not related to the ManagedMethods product.

Google Resources:

Google support community post.

https://support.google.com/docs/thread/103318219/my-form-gets-flagged-as-inappropriate-although-there-s-nothing-inappropriate-it-in?hl=en

Reddit k12sysadmin thread. https://www.reddit.com/r/k12sysadmin/comments/wk7n8q/google_flagged_as_inappropriate_message_when

Google support general post.

https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2463328?hl=en

Google Update - Engineering is aware of the issue and working to remediate/resolve. What they ask in the interim is the following:

1. Open up a support ticket and share that information with your Google account reps, or partners if working directly with a partner.
2. Add screenshots of the issue along with the affected file URLs in the Support ticket you have opened to help Support triage the issue.
3. Reference the known issue / Google internal bug 242323928 to help Support triage the issue.

Further Questions:

We suggest submitting a support request to Google.

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