Meta Abandons Its DEI Programs Days Ahead of Trump’s Inauguration

A memo from Meta says DEI has become ‘charged’ because such practices are seen as delivering ‘preferential treatment of some groups over others.’

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Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. AP/Godofredo A. Vásquez

Just days after announcing it is ditching its controversial fact-checking program, Meta says it will join the list of major corporations that are dropping their DEI programs. 

In a memo first reported by Axios, Meta’s vice president of human resources, Janelle Gale, shared the changes as she said the “legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the United States is changing.”

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