Meta Ending DEI Programmes: Mark Zuckerberg-Led Company Announces To Discontinue Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Programmes, Diverse Slate Approach for Hirings
Meta is replacing its fact-checking with Community Notes and ending its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programme.
Mark Zuckerberg-run Meta has announced changes to its operational strategies. The company is scrapping its fact-checking programme and replacing it with a Community Notes system across platforms like Facebook and Instagram. As per a report, Meta is ending its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programme. The termination affects hiring, training, and supplier selection practices. In a memo, the company said, "The legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity ,and inclusion efforts in the United States is changing." Meta further said,” on hiring, we will continue to source candidates from different backgrounds, but we will stop using the Diverse Slate Approach." Meta Announces End of Fact-Checking Programme, Will Replace Fact-Checkers With X-Style Community Notes.
Meta Ending Its Major DEI Programmes
NEW: Meta is ending its major DEI programs across the company, effective immediately.
Read the company's full memo to its employees 👇 https://t.co/Wj1pdJATpm
— Axios (@axios) January 10, 2025
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Terminating Major DEI Programs, Effective Immediately
BREAKING: Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is terminating major DEI programs, effective immediately — including for hiring, training and picking suppliers, according to a new employee memo obtained by Axios. pic.twitter.com/lUMcnIFFYQ
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 10, 2025
Mark Zuckerberg Is Ending DEI at Meta
Zuck is ending DEI at Meta. From the NYT:
On Friday, Meta’s makeover continued when the company told employees it would end its work on diversity, equity and inclusion. It eliminated its chief diversity officer role, ended its diversity hiring goals that called for the…
— Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) January 10, 2025
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