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- People online have noticed that Google Calendar is no longer displaying certain cultural events, such as Pride Month and Black History Month.
- With DEI in the spotlight, there are some accusations that the change has been made for political reasons.
- Google has dismissed this, saying that the decision was taken in mid-2024 for reasons of scalability and sustainability.
Google Calendar previously highlighted cultural events such as Pride Month and Black History Month. At some point, Google removed these diversity-related holidays from the calendar app, with some people now noticing and getting upset about the change. Google swears it’s not what they think.
As The Verge reported, other cultural events that no longer appear on the calendar include Indigenous People Month, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jewish Heritage, and Hispanic Heritage. This change was discovered the same week that Google Maps renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, in accordance with President Trump’s executive order.