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Tech giant Meta On Friday, it ended its major diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs effective immediately, joining a growing group of companies supporting DEI initiatives.
Axios reported citing a memo to Meta employees explaining that the company was halting operations immediately. DEI Programs for hiring, training and selecting suppliers.
The company told employees that “the legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts is changing” in a memo from Meta’s vice president of human resources, Janelle Gale, according to the Axios report.
Meta confirmed the Axios report in response to a request from FOX Business.
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Meta, led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, announced the cancellation of its DEI programs after ending its fact-checking initiative earlier this week. (Reuters/Manuel Orbegozo / Reuters)
Gale’s memo notes recent Supreme Court decisions that have the effect of “signalling a shift in how courts will approach DEI,” which has contributed to this shift.
“The term ‘DEI’ has also become controversial, in part because it is understood by some to be a practice suggesting preferential treatment of certain groups over others,” Gale wrote in the memo reported by Axios.
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Meta’s new director of global affairs, Joel Kaplan, told Fox News Digital’s Brooke Singman: “It’s ultimately about doing what’s best for our company and ensuring that we serve everyone and let’s build teams with the most talented people.”
“This means evaluating people as individuals and seeking people from a wide range of candidates, but never making hiring decisions based on protected characteristics like race or gender,” Kaplan said.
“The United States Supreme Court has recently issued decisions signaling a shift in how courts will approach DEI,” Kaplan explained. “It reaffirms long-standing principles that discrimination should not be tolerated or encouraged on the basis of inherent characteristics.”
“It is clear that there is a shift on this issue from a policy and legal perspective, and we anticipate this will happen even more in the future, and we want to ensure that our programs are in a sustainable position and in the long term,” he added.
Meta cited a changing legal and political landscape in its decision to end DEI policies. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
Meta’s announcement comes after announcing earlier this week that it end its fact-checking program.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta said the company plans to replace them with community ratings similar to X’s.
Several other high-profile companies have rolled back their DEI policies in recent months.
McDonald’s announced Monday that it was ending some of its DEI policies, saying that while it is committed to inclusion, it has abandoned its “ambitious representation goals,” as well as ending to its DEI commitment to suppliers. The company also changed the name of its diversity team to the Global Inclusion team and ended external investigations on the subject.
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The fast-food giant’s move follows similar changes in 2024 by Walmart, Ford Motor Co., John Deere, Lowe’s and Toyota.
Additionally, in mid-December, a federal appeals court rejected Nasdaq diversity rules which was previously approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Brooke Singman of Fox News Digital and Breck Dumas of FOX Business contributed to this report.