Headline Roundup • August 9th, 2017

Fired Over Free Speech?

Summary from the AllSides News Team

Google fired an employee after he published a manifesto challenging its policies and approach to gender differences, raising concerns over free speech, women's issues, political correctness, and whether discussions of some opinions and science are taboo on some topics treated as moral imperatives.

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