Criticizing Google got me fired
&gt; Big businesses can threaten free speech when they accumulate too much power. For Google, that moment has come.<p>This feels like a bit of an exaggeration in this situation, no? I mean, some states have at-will employment where they can just fire you for any reason they want. And if you&#x27;re doing things that are <i>actively</i> working against them, of course they&#x27;re going to want to part ways with you. And even in states without that, I&#x27;m sure there&#x27;s some clause in their contract that says &quot;if you speak out against us we have the option of terminating you.&quot; That&#x27;s not really a free speech issue at that point, right? Their free speech isn&#x27;t being hindered or taken away at all. Rather, a business is making business decisions based on your speech, which happen to effect you.<p>EDIT: to clarify, I&#x27;m all for the world getting more ethical. I was just kind of arguing a semantic: free speech is mostly known for being a civil liberty, and Google <i>technically</i> isn&#x27;t restricting that in this case.