Google does not seem to want to change for the sake of its users.



According to an October 31 Bloomberg article, Google filed a statement with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in response to a lawsuit challenge by conservative outlet PragerU. In the filing, Google argued that government regulation would have “disastrous practical consequences.”



Google further argued that enforcing the First Amendment to an online platform “would undermine important content regulation.” In the filing, the company said, “If they are bound by the same First Amendment rules that apply to the government, YouTube and other service providers would lose much of their ability to protect their users against offensive or objectionable content -- including pornography, hate speech, personal attacks, and terrorist propaganda.”



Bloomberg’s Peter Blumberg wrote that Google “made clear that even if it does discriminate on the basis of political viewpoints -- which it denies -- it can’t be forced to change.”

Wow. Story to watch today: Google employees all over the world walking out at 11 am local time to protest the company’s handling of sexual misconduct as revealed by @daiwaka and @ktbenner. Pics from #googlewalkout Dublin: https://t.co/dJBmuI4fdz — jodikantor (@jodikantor) November 1, 2018

Sergey Brin “tried to recall the name of a woman he had recently met at a company event who had impressed him, the people said. Mr. Page eventually reminded Mr. Brin that the woman’s name was Gloria Steinem” #googlewalkout https://t.co/tAl8f8b0AF — Katie Benner (@ktbenner) November 1, 2018

I'm not at work for the next while, so I can't walk out of the office. Instead, here's something from me in solidarity, at 11:10am local time in Thailand. #GoogleWalkout #TimesUp #MeToo pic.twitter.com/cZpyXVUl1A — Liz Fong-Jones (@lizthegrey) November 1, 2018

Support those in today’s #googlewalkout. Employees are making 5 demands. Let’s see if we can help tech leaders make the necessary changes we need to see. “Google walkout: global protests after sexual misconduct allegations” https://t.co/nmG1NQxExG pic.twitter.com/9aRKTKf8vR — Project Include (@projectinclude) November 1, 2018