Google says that it removed cultural events from its calendar last year
Google has deleted events such as the month of black history and the month of pride to be listed on the default calendar.
Other events which have been deleted According to the default calendar, including the Jewish heritage, the month of indigenous peoples, the day of the Holocaust memory and the month of Hispanic heritage.
Google spokesperson, Madison Cushman Veld Timeanddate.com shows like a holiday or national observance.
“A few years ago, the calendar team began to manually add a wider set of cultural moments in a large number of countries around the world. We have obtained comments according to which certain other events and countries lacked – and maintain hundreds of moments manually and consistent was not scalable or lasting, “said the spokesperson, adding that users can always” add manually Other important moments “, to their calendars.
The news of the update of the Google calendar also occurs one day after the company officially changed the name From the Gulf of Mexico to “Golfe of America” for users in the United States
This decision was in accordance with the Trump Administration decree To change the name of the Gulf.
We do not know why these modifications are just noticed by certain users, but it occurs while the return to diversity, equity and inclusion efforts took the spotlight. Large technological companies have started to end various DEI measures. Meta,, GoogleAnd Amazon have all announced a reassessment or elimination of Dei programs, with the last two Label adjustment In their 10 k deposits to delete Some or everyone mention dei.
