Meta is ending major diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, effective immediately, according to multiple media reports.
Janelle Gale, vice president of human resources, announced the company's move on internal communication platform Workplace on Friday, Axios, and Business Insider reported.
"We will no longer have a team focused on DEI," Gale wrote in the memo, Business Insider reported.
"The legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the United States is changing," Gale also wrote, Axios reported.
"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."
The termination of DEI programs means Meta will instead build programs "that focus on how to apply fair and consistent practices that mitigate bias for all, no matter your background," Gale said.
Meta also will end efforts to source business suppliers from diverse-owned businesses. Instead, the company will "focus our efforts on supporting small and medium-sized businesses that power much of our economy," Gale wrote.
Meta on Tuesday announced a series of major changes concerning the monitoring of content on its platforms — a victory for free speech on social media.
Meta's announcements this week came with President-elect Donald Trump ready to take office and with his new administration aiming to make dealing with censorship a priority.
Two months ago, Commissioner Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications Commission and Trump's proposed chairman, demanded Big Tech companies fess up about their censorship activities targeting conservatives under the Biden administration.
Carr asserted that these media monitors and fact-checkers masquerade as truth arbiters, but their real purpose has been "to defund, demonetize, and otherwise put out of business news outlets" that differed from establishment media thinking.
Carr specifically identified in his letter left-wing media monitor NewsGuard, which exists to "censor free speech and conservative news outlets."
Meta last week promoted Joel Kaplan, the company's most prominent Republican, to lead its global policy team.
Meta in December donated $1 million to Trump's inaugural fund in another sign CEO Mark Zuckerberg is trying to repair his relationship with the president-elect.
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