Google accused of reducing visibility of diversity and human rights due to political pressure
El Google calendar no longer marks the beginning of cultural celebrations such as the Pride month, Black History Month, Indigenous Peoples Month, Holocaust Memorial Day or Women's History Month.
The person in charge of communication of Google Calendar, Madison Cushman Veld, he said in an interview with The Verge that the decision was made to make these changes in 2024 since “Maintaining hundreds of holidays manually and consistently on a global level was not scalable or sustainable. We decided to return to showing only national holidays and observances.".
The implementation of these changes in Google Calendar coincide with the arrival of Donald Trump to the presidency of United States, which has generated a reaction from thousands of users who suggest that the platform has given in to pressure from the Republican to make diversity and human rights invisible.
This would not be the first measure to which he would give in. Google since the company abandoned its diversity policies after the arrival of Trump to Casa Blanca and a few days ago Google Maps began to show the name of Gulf of America, instead of Mexico, for users located in the United States.
