Google backs down on post-termination gag clauses after public pressure, Wiblin says
AaronBergman18 · x · 2026-11-04
Robert Wiblin reports that publicly shaming AI companies works: Google says it has updated new-hire terms to remove the post-termination aspect of non-disparagement clauses, after internal discussion prompted an executive to commit not to enforce them on departed staff.
Wiblin cites a string of recent wins from noisy criticism: OpenAI flipping on SB315, $75bn moved to the OpenAI Foundation, Greg Brockman quitting his SuperPAC, and Anthropic backpedalling on a federal bill. He urges insiders and outsiders alike to keep pressing AI companies when they misbehave.
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