I august 2017 blev James Damore fyret fra [[Google]] efter at have skrevet et kontroversielt internt notat.<ref>{{Kilde nyheder|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/technology/google-engineer-fired-gender-memo.html|title=Contentious Memo Strikes Nerve Inside Google and Out|last=Wakabayashi|first=Daisuke|date=2017-08-08|work=The New York Times|access-date=2021-03-22|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Jonathan Kay: The main victims of progressive 'cancel culture' are progressives themselves|url=https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jonathan-kay-the-main-victims-of-progressive-cancel-culture-are-progressives-themselves|access-date=2021-03-22|website=nationalpost|language=en-CA}}</ref> I notatet kaldte Damore kulturen på Google for et "ideologisk ekkokammer" og argumenterede for, at kønsforskelle på arbejdspladsen delvist kunne forklares med biologiske forskelle.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Friedersdorf|first=Conor|date=2017-08-08|title=The Most Common Error in Media Coverage of the Google Memo|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/the-most-common-error-in-coverage-of-the-google-memo/536181/|access-date=2021-03-22|website=The Atlantic|language=en}}</ref>
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