Sundar Pichai, Google’s chief executive, speaks at Google I/O, the company’s annual conference, in Mountain View, California, May 10, 2023. Google said it removed the calendar observances in the middle of last year for apolitical reasons. — ©2025 The New York Times Company
SAN FRANCISCO: Google has for years used its popular online services to remind users about cultural events, marking its Calendar app with occasions such as Black History Month and Women’s History Month.
Last week, some users noticed that the popular app was no longer displaying those observances, as well as a litany of others, prompting an online backlash from some users who saw another sign of Google turning against more liberal viewpoints.
