Google Warns its Employees About Protesting During Pride Parade in SF

According to a report in The Verge, tech giant Google is warning its employees about protesting at the Pride parade in San Francisco this weekend. The company has said that this would violate the company’s code of conduct.

For almost a month, employees of the company have been internally protesting YouTube’s decision to continue hosting videos from conservative comedian Steven Crowder.

Crowder has targeted a journalist from Vox who happens to be a homosexual and has used racist and homophobic language towards him.

“Employees are free to make whatever statement they want personally, apart from our corporate sponsored float/contingent,” wrote a Google diversity and inclusion lead, according to copies of the exchange seen by The Verge. “But they are not permitted to leverage our platform to express a message contradictory to the one Google is expressing.”

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is supporting the decision to not delete Crowder’s videos. She said, I know that the decision we made was very hurtful to the LGBTQ community and that was not our intention at all. I thought it was really important to be upfront about that and to say that, that was not our intention. And we’re really sorry about that.”

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