Google tells employees that they can't protest against YouTube's LGBTQ + policies

Google employees planning to march with the company in the saints San Francisco Pride parade have been warned that protesting against YouTube's LGBTQ + policy would be a breach of company policy.

The confirmation of Google's attitude to employee protests at Pride was first reported by The Verge and came via an email exchange between a manager of Gayglers, an internal LGBTQ + employee group, and the company's Global LGBTQ + community management. When the employee asked if they could be separated from Google's contingent while protesting against YouTube's recent political decisions, the inclusion management said it would be contrary to the company's communications policy.

Frustration with the company's LGBTQ + policy broke out earlier this month when the company decided that homophobic and racist slurs about a Vox journalist in a video published by conservative commentator Steven Crowder did not violate YouTube's terms of use. Crowder ̵[ads1]1; who has 3.8 million subscribers – often refers to the sexuality and ethnicity of Vox journalist Carlos Maza on his show, using phrases like "lispy queer" and "gay latino" to describe the journalist. YouTube eventually suspended Crowder's ability to make money from their videos, but decided that the videos could remain on the site.

Google has distorted to contain the fallout after the controversial Crowder video event, with CEO Sundar Pichai in an email to LGBTQ employees that YouTube's management was "taking a hard look" in the harassment policy.

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A Google spokesman confirmed with Business Insider at Monday that employees would be in violation of the company's policy if they were to protest against the company while they were marching with the flow. The spokesman said that employees were free to protest, but they wanted them to join the parade with a group other than Google, or if they were to experience their own "personal ability".

& # 39; Because you represent the company, you cannot protest against the company at the same time. & # 39;

A current employee who spoke to Business Insider said that because one must be affiliated with a particular group, or conditional on marching in the parade, Google's limitation is a meaningful one.

When asked which part of the company's policy is protesting employees will be in conflict, the spokesman Business Insider told: "Because you represent the company, you cannot protest against the company at the same time."

An email was sent to all Google employees on Monday by the Gaygler Team Leader to notify them of the company's position. In part of the email obtained by Business Insider, the employee wrote: "If you march with a Google sponsor floating, you represent the company and the statement the company makes (ie, it supports LGBTQ + Rights, Pride, etc.). is free to do what they want personally, except the company's sponsored flow / dues, but they are not allowed to exploit our platform to express a message that is contrary to what Google expresses. "

how employees should be punished, they should decide to protest this weekend as part of Google's subscription, said the inclusion manager that employees will follow up with the team responsible for enforcing the code of conduct, according to the current employee who spoke to Business Insider.

Another current employee told Business Insider that the potential consequences of breaking the communication policy could potentially follow a few steps: first, a verbal warning, then signing a formal complaint and finally a clear statement that they would be terminated should they continue to break the guidelines in the same way.

On Monday, the employee said that because Google had already come to realize protest restrictions in San Francisco's Pride parade, some offenders would probably "jump faster along that escalation."

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