Google fires defender of tech gender-gap, US media reports
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- The move, which was not officially confirmed by Google, splashed fuel on a burning controversy about whether “political correctness” at the company was stifling free speech.
San Francisco. Google yesterday fired the author of an internal memo defending the gender-gap in Silicon Valley tech jobs as a matter of biology, according to media reports. The move, which was not officially confirmed by Google, splashed fuel on a burning controversy about whether “political correctness” at the company was stifling free speech. Google told AFP that the company “can’t comment on individual employee cases.” In an email to employees, Google chief executive Sundar Pichai (pictured) supported the right of employees to express themselves, saying that much of what was in the memo is fair to debate, according to a copy of the message. (AFP) obtained by AFP.
“However, portions of the memo violate our Code of Conduct and cross the line by advancing harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace,” Pichai said in the email. (AFP)
