The Google calendar cuts the month in the history of blacks, the month of pride, and more

Google Deleted certain holidays from its default Google calendar, a decision that put users to look at while the company brings disturbing product changes in the middle of an anti-diversity thrust.

The cultural and identity holidays concerned include the beginning of the month of the history of blacks (which the nation famous currently), the month of the history of women, the month of pride, the month of the Jewish American heritage, on the day of the day Souvenir of the Holocaust, the national Hispanic heritage month and the month of indigenous peoples – the events have been added in recent years in the context of integration with Timeanddate.com.

According to the company, these changes have occurred for months, while the product only increases to the recognition of public holidays.

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“For more than a decade, we have been working with Timeanddate.com To show public holidays and national observances in the Google calendar. 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, “said Google spokesperson Madison Cushman Veld.” We have received comments that other events and countries lacked – and the maintenance of hundreds of moments manually and coherent in the world was not evolving or sustainable. Thus, in mid-2024, we returned to show only public holidays and national observances of Timeanddate.com Globally, while allowing users to manually add other important moments. “”

The general public was not as convinced, however, with many people who went to Google Help forums and social media to accuse the business of Censor its products Or to plead with the company to restore observations. “@ / Google, please change this,” wrote a user x. “It is so important that these months of vacation are recognized. Our government is trying to erase them please do not help you. I logistically know that it could be difficult, but that is important. Please reconsider.”

Last month, Google quickly captured President Donald Trump’s decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” and announced that it would be Abandonment of its diversity, its equity and its hiring of inclusion (DEI) program with other DEI initiatives. Other technology giants have made similar and suspect concessions, in particular Meta decision To remove its dei programs and its hatred driving policy, allowing forms of hate speech previously prohibited on its platforms.

Just for reference, here are these dates so that you can add them to your personal calendar: