“The move came after some of its employees expressed concern over online harassment they had begun to receive after their questions and names have been published outside the company on a variety of largely alt-right sites.” On Thursday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai canceled an all-hands meeting about the gender controversy due to employee worries of online harassment. In a way, this seems like the best way to stoke the fires of trolls and lunatics. But think about it. If Google employees are afraid of a social media backlash, imagine how regular Internet users feel…

+ “When a legitimate and fundamentally important debate breaks out, and the company’s employees try to come together to understand its nuances, to find a path forward …..To threaten those engaged in that conversation with physical violence? That’s f#cking terrorism, period. And it’s damn well time we called it that.” John Battelle: No. This Cannot Stand.