Google Halts Workplace Diversity Push

Google has dropped initiatives aimed at making its workplace demographics better represent its diverse range of users, citing recent US presidential actions and court decisions (Credit: AFP)

Google parent company Alphabet has stopped making diversity and inclusion a workplace priority, according to a filing Wednesday with US regulators.

The internet giant's annual 10-K report, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), no longer contained a commitment to workplace inclusion and diversity that had been there the prior year.