Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is doing away with DEI programs at his company, effective immediately. According to an exclusive Axios report, the DEI team has been cut, equity and inclusion programs are ending, and the company is throwing out all diversity and representation goals.
From Axios:
Why it matters: The move is a strong signal to Meta employees that the company’s push to make inroads with the incoming Trump administration isn’t just posturing, but an ethos shift that will impact its business practices.
Context: Meta said it was changing course because the “legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the United States is changing,” per a memo by Janelle Gale, vice president of human resources.
The moves come just three days after Meta ended many of its efforts to fact-check and police speech on Facebook, Instagram and Threads.
The announcement also follows a host of public moves by tech companies and executives to align with the politics and cultural views of President-elect Trump and the MAGA movement.
“The legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the United States is changing,” Janelle Gale, vice president of human resources, wrote in a memo to Meta employees this week. “The Supreme Court of the United States has recently made decisions signaling a shift in how courts will approach DEI. … The term ‘DEI’ has also become charged, in part because it is understood by some as a practice that suggests preferential treatment of some groups over others.”
This story is developing…
More over at Axios:
Scoop: @Meta rolling back #DEI programs in latest bow to #Trump
— DEI team cut
— Equity and inclusion programs ending
— Sunsetting supplier diversity efforts
— Ending representation goals
— Ending the "Diverse Slate Approach" to hiring
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