Google rejected employee suggestions for manipulating search results. Here’s why that’s important

In the volatile aftermath of Trump’s initial travel ban, Google employees reportedly discussed, in internal emails, how search results might be modified to counter anti-immigrant sentiment. Google says that none of the discussed modifications was ever implemented, and executives made clear that applying political bias was unacceptable.

Those discussions, however, are a stark reminder that the government must not be alone in upholding democratic values. It also requires companies to push back against employees’ undemocratic impulses.