Googlers poke fun at a policy against making election memes - by making memes

As the 2024 US election unfolded, Googlers have taken to the company's internal message board - a meme generator named Memegen - to express their feelings.

There's just one problem: Google leaders have cracked down on employees making political posts, so staff have been poking fun at the inability to express their views on the election.

One of the top Memegen posts on Wednesday was a picture of a fake newspaper named 'The Memegen,' with the headline, 'Nothing Happened. For the first time in history nothing happened for a whole day.'

Earlier this year, after employees used Memegen to share their thoughts on the war in Gaza, Google barred staff from making political posts, several employees told BI.

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