Google reportedly cracked down on employee political discussions ahead of an Election Night that ended in victory for Donald Trump.
The Big Tech giant moderated and removed election-related posts on an internal message board called Memegen, CNBC reported.
Google had previously tightened limits on political discussion in September – and enacted a rule that would ban employees who violated the policy three times.
Sundar Pichai had previously warned employees to leave politics out of the workplace. AFP via Getty Images
In a Monday memo, Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees to follow the company’s “personal political activity policy” and said its goal was to be a “trusted source of information to people of every background and belief.”
“Whomever the voters entrust, let’s remember the role we play at work, through the products we build and as a business: to be a trusted source of information to people of every background and belief,” Pichai wrote. “We will and must maintain that.”
Some Google employees chafed at the policy and poked fun at Google’s internal community management team, or ICMT, which is responsible for moderating Memegen, CNBC reported.
