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• LGBTQ+ YouTube Employees Could Face Consequences If They Protest Steven Crowder Decision At Pride (Report)
• Google CEO Apologizes To LGBTQ+ Staffers After YouTube Firestorm: “You Are A Source Of Pride For Us”

  YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki isn’t the only top Google exec offering heartfelt apologies to the LGBTQ+ community during Pride Month on the heels of a contentious decision made by the video giant.

  
• Activists Lobby For Google’s Removal From San Francisco Pride Festivities At Board Meeting

  Board members from San Francisco Pride -- a celebration slated for the final weekend of June to commemorate and celebrate LGBTQ+ culture -- is considering excluding Google from its annual festivities, including the famed Pride parade on June 30.

  
• YouTube Will Debut Augmented Reality Ads That Let Users Virtually Try On Lipsticks (Report)

  Some of YouTube’s first shoppable augmented reality ads -- part of parent company Google’s decision to make YouTube a big part of its Google Express rebranding -- will be aimed at the platform’s massive beauty audience.

  
• Google’s New Play Store Policies Make Developers Disclose The Odds Of Getting Good Items In Loot Boxes
• Snap Poaches Google, YouTube Vet Oona King To Serve As VP Of Diversity And Inclusion
• Google, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Microsoft Take On Hate Content With ‘Christchurch Call To Action’
• YouTube Creators Will Receive Revenue From New Google Shopping Features
• YouTube Music And Google Play Music Count A Collective 15 Million Subscribers (Report)
• YouTube Plays A Major Role In Google’s Plans To Revamp Ecommerce Arm (Report)
• Google, Verizon Pact To Bring YouTube TV To More Mobile Users
• Insights: Has All Of “Social Media,” Not Just Facebook, Reached A Pivot Point?