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GooglePopular online and mobile calendars no longer include references to the first day of Black History Month or other holidays and events.
The company’s calendar previously marked the days in early February and March respectively, but did not appear in 2025.
edge First reported from the deletion in Google Calendar late last week, the comment was a user’s comment.
A Google spokesman said the changes occurred in the middle of last year.
“A few years ago, the calendar team began manually adding a wider range of cultural moments in many countries around the world,” a spokesperson said in an email. “We got feedback from some other events and missing countries – and globally Hundreds of moments were maintained manually and consistently within range.”
Google has made many changes recently, which coincides with the recent changes in the U.S. political environment that has begun scrapped Its diversity hiring goals, becoming the latest technology giant to change its approach to recruiting and promotion after election President Donald Trump. Trump’s first presidency since taking office in January was to sign executive orders End the government’s DEI plan and let federal officials oversee the initiatives for leave.
In late January, the company explain After the Trump administration updates its “official government profile,” it will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to “America Bay” in Google Maps. Google also said it will follow Trump and begin using the “McKinley Hill” as the name of Alaska Hill, currently known as Denali.
On Google Calendar, the company has also deleted other events. It was previously the first day of November 1 as the Indigenous Peoples Month, and June 1 is the beginning of LGBTQ+ Pride Month.
A company spokesman said in mid-2024 the company “returns to showcase only public holidays and national commemorations. timeanddate.com Globally, users are allowed to manually add other important moments.
Google Calendar user noticed the change and left Comment Among users support Web page and Social Media. Previously received user support websites Comment People are upset about the people who are adding this kind of compliance to the company.
