Google Calendar Removes Default Highlighting of Cultural Observances, Sparking Outrage
2025-02-11
Google Calendar has removed the default highlighting of cultural events like Pride Month and Black History Month, leading to significant user backlash. Users have criticized the move as "shameful" and accused Google of capitulating to fascism. Google responded that maintaining hundreds of global cultural events manually was unsustainable, so they reverted to displaying only public holidays and national observances from timeanddate.com, allowing users to add other events manually. The reasoning and timeline behind the change remain contested.