Googlers can't reply to posts like this, irrespective of where they stand on the issue, because this is an ongoing legal matter.
Disclaimer - I am a Googler.
P.S. Rather than passing snark comments about what others do, maybe try talking to any of them. Any employee of a significantly sized company could have guessed that.
100% this. Even if we come here and express our opinions, or even express them internally on discussion forums and email, or chat, any of those communications are open to discovery by the plaintiff. If the plaintiff sees any value to anything an employee of the defendant company says, said employee could then be pulled into the lawsuit, be deposed, and many other non-fun things.
Well I'm sure there are many googlers out there that would love to comment on this, for our own sanity, we likely wouldn't.
> Googlers can't reply to posts like this, irrespective of where they stand on the issue, because this is an ongoing legal matter.
Is this true? I know this to be true for actual parties involved, and I'm sure you can't speak on behalf of Google, but I'm not aware of any law or even company policy where private citizens are barred from voicing their own opinions, without divulging non-public information, in a legal matter where they aren't a party (though their employer may be).
As for "fear of retaliation" from your employer, that applies regardless of whether this is an ongoing legal matter or not.
so you as humans are controlled from voicing your opinion by your corporate?
So your moral compass depends on your employer?
Edit: I did not mean to dictate what anyone must do, but as a person you are entitled to have an opinion, to stand up. If you are going to base your moral compass based on what others decide. May be one day, you wont even bother having it. Im not hatching a big conspiracy here, but we must always keep some actions in mind irrespective of what courts decide. Courts are run by humans too, and humans make mistakes.
no, all he said is you can't comment on ongoing legal matters. I have no idea how you went from that to "humans are controlled from voicing your opinion by your corporate".
this is pretty standard. even in personal matters your lawyer will probably ask you to shut up.
Disclaimer - I am a Googler.
P.S. Rather than passing snark comments about what others do, maybe try talking to any of them. Any employee of a significantly sized company could have guessed that.