> Not saying Google has to uphold everyone's 1A rights. What rights? The guarantee that the government will not interfere with your free speech? This has nothi

> Not saying Google has to uphold everyone's 1A rights. What rights? The guarantee that the government will not interfere with your free speech? This has nothing to do with the 1st Amendment. > It's a lie to say Google's culture supports free speech when the cost of that speech is compliance with the tyranny of a Code of Conduct. The memo made it clear that diversity of opinion is welcome right up to the point where it violates the CoC, but not beyond that point - if you violate the CoC - you can and will get fired. It even listed which parts of the memo would have been ok. I've never heard of a company that places some sort of altruist dedication to free speech as a higher priority than their internal code of conduct. Google's position on this is industry standard, protects Google from lawsuits, and protects Google employees from harassment. How is that bad?