In a shocking and highly controversial move, Google has erased major cultural observances like Pride Month, Black History Month, and Women's History Month from Google Calendar, without warning. This stealth update rolled out in mid-2024, has left users outraged, accusing Google of silencing marginalised communities and bowing to political pressure.
Until now, Google Calendar automatically displayed global awareness months, ensuring users were reminded of key cultural milestones. But now? They’re gone. Only official national holidays will remain, while everything else,including globally recognised observances like Pride Month, Black History Month, and Women’s History Month, must be manually added by users.
The internet is on fire over this decision. Twitter, Reddit, and news forums have exploded with outrage, with activists, community leaders, and users calling this one of the most alarming cases of digital censorship in recent memory.
1. "Why should I have to manually add Pride Month? This feels like a calculated erasure!" – One user tweeted.
2. "Google is shaping what history gets remembered. That’s terrifying." Activist on Reddit.
3. "This is how oppression works in the digital age. It starts with small changes like this." – A civil rights leader wrote.
Some are calling this a tech blunder, while others see it as the first step toward Big Tech rewriting history through AI-powered control over what people see and what they forget.
This move has sparked serious concerns about how AI and tech giants influence public memory. If Google's algorithms are now deciding which events are ‘important enough’ to be auto-listed, what’s stopping them from removing these events from search results, AI assistants, or future platforms?
As AI increasingly shapes our perception of history and culture, many fear that this is just the beginning of a much larger, more dangerous trend.
Google says this is just a calendar adjustment, but the internet isn’t buying it. Whether this is about logistics or something more sinister, one thing is clear—users are furious and demanding answers!
