Google Community Guidelines and Anti-Harassment Policy for In-Person and Virtual Events
Google is dedicated to providing a harassment-free and inclusive event experience for everyone
regardless of gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disabilities,
neurodiversity, physical appearance, body size, ethnicity, nationality, race, age, religion,
or other protected category. We do not tolerate harassment of event participants in any form.
Google takes violations of our policy seriously and will respond appropriately.
All participants of Google events, including in-person and online attendees, event staff,
speakers, and Googlers, must abide by the following policy:
Be respectful to each other.
Treat everyone with respect. Participate while
acknowledging that everyone deserves to be here ? and each of us has the right to enjoy our
experience without fear of harassment, discrimination, or condescension, whether blatant or
via micro-aggressions. All forms of communication should not demean others. Consider what you
are saying and how it would feel if it were said to you or about you.
Speak up if you see or hear something.
Harassment is not tolerated, and you
are empowered to politely engage when you or others are disrespected. The person making you
feel uncomfortable may not be aware of what they are doing, and politely bringing their
behavior to their attention is encouraged.
We have a
ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY
for in-person or online harassment of any
kind, including but not limited to:
- Stalking/following
- Deliberate intimidation
- Harassing photography or recording
- Sustained disruption of talks or other events
- Offensive verbal language
- Verbal language that reinforces social structures of domination
- Sexual imagery and language in public spaces
- Inappropriate physical contact
- Unwelcome sexual or physical attention
- Physical or cyber threats
In relation to, but not limited to:
- Neurodiversity
- Race
- Color
- National origin
- Gender identity
- Gender expression
- Sexual orientation
- Age
- Body size
- Disabilities
- Appearance
- Religion
- Pregnancy
- Military status
- Social demographic
Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. Our zero
tolerance policy means that we will look into and review every allegation of violation of our
Event Community Guidelines and Anti-Harassment Policy and respond appropriately. To report any
behavior that makes you or others feel uncomfortable, visit your event's website to file a
report to your event's organizers.
This policy extends to talks, forums, workshops, codelabs, social media, all attendees,
partners, sponsors, volunteers, staff, etc. You catch our drift. Google reserves the right to
refuse admittance to, or remove any person from, any Google hosted event (including future
Google events) at any time in its sole discretion. This includes, but is not limited to,
attendees behaving in a disorderly manner or failing to comply with this policy, and the terms
and conditions herein. If a participant engages in harassing or uncomfortable behavior, the
conference organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning or expelling
the offender from the conference with no refund or blocking the offender’s account from
participating online.