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05-20-2018, 04:04 PM
Google removes 'Don't Be Evil' motto from its Code of Conduct
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To be evil or not to be evil — that is the question, Google.
It seems after years of the tech company's commitment to its low-key creepy-sounding mantra, "Don't Be Evil," Google has removed the phrase from its Code of Conduct.
So I guess that means evil is totally chill now?? Cool. Very cool and not at all concerning, right?
SEE ALSO: We tested Google Lens at a Corgi meetup and it failed (https://mashable.com/2018/05/07/we-tested-google-lens-at-a-corgi-meetup/)
On Friday, Gizmodo noted (https://gizmodo.com/google-removes-nearly-all-mentions-of-dont-be-evil-from-1826153393) that "Don't Be Evil," which has been part of Google's Code of Conduct since 2000, was recently removed in either April or May, as shown by the Wayback Machine.*
Digging into the Wayback Machine's April 21, 2018 archive (https://web.archive.org/web/20180421105327/https://abc.xyz/investor/other/google-code-of-conduct.html) shows the three-word phrase still present in an earlier Code of Conduct: Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/05/19/google-removes-dont-be-evil-motto-from-code-of-conduct/)
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To be evil or not to be evil — that is the question, Google.
It seems after years of the tech company's commitment to its low-key creepy-sounding mantra, "Don't Be Evil," Google has removed the phrase from its Code of Conduct.
So I guess that means evil is totally chill now?? Cool. Very cool and not at all concerning, right?
SEE ALSO: We tested Google Lens at a Corgi meetup and it failed (https://mashable.com/2018/05/07/we-tested-google-lens-at-a-corgi-meetup/)
On Friday, Gizmodo noted (https://gizmodo.com/google-removes-nearly-all-mentions-of-dont-be-evil-from-1826153393) that "Don't Be Evil," which has been part of Google's Code of Conduct since 2000, was recently removed in either April or May, as shown by the Wayback Machine.*
Digging into the Wayback Machine's April 21, 2018 archive (https://web.archive.org/web/20180421105327/https://abc.xyz/investor/other/google-code-of-conduct.html) shows the three-word phrase still present in an earlier Code of Conduct: Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/05/19/google-removes-dont-be-evil-motto-from-code-of-conduct/)
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