Meta ends DEI programs amid conservative pressure
Meta is ending its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, known as DEI, the company said Friday, becoming the latest company to pull back from such practices in the wake of pressure from conservative critics and customers.
Meta is eliminating the company바카라 게임 웹사이트s DEI team, ending 바카라 게임 웹사이트equity and inclusion programs and changing hiring and supplier diversity practices,바카라 게임 웹사이트 according to a company memo obtained by CNN and sent to all global employees by Meta바카라 게임 웹사이트s vice president of human resources, Janelle Gale.
A spokesperson for Meta confirmed the contents of the memo.
바카라 게임 웹사이트The legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the United States is changing,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Gale wrote. 바카라 게임 웹사이트The Supreme Court of the United States has recently made decisions signaling a shift in how courts will approach DEI. It reaffirms longstanding principles that discrimination should not be tolerated or promoted on the basis of inherent characteristics.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Gale also wrote that the term 바카라 게임 웹사이트DEI바카라 게임 웹사이트 has become 바카라 게임 웹사이트charged바카라 게임 웹사이트 because some believe it suggests 바카라 게임 웹사이트preferential treatment of some groups over others.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The memo was first reported by .
Meta바카라 게임 웹사이트s chief diversity officer, Maxine Williams, will take on a new role focused on 바카라 게임 웹사이트accessibility and engagement,바카라 게임 웹사이트 the memo said. The company will also no longer require managers source candidates from unrepresented groups, and it will end efforts to hire minority-owned vendors and suppliers.
바카라 게임 웹사이트We build the best teams with the most talented people,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Gale wrote. 바카라 게임 웹사이트This means sourcing people from a range of candidate pools, but never making hiring decisions based on protected characteristics (e.g. race, gender etc.),바카라 게임 웹사이트 Gale wrote.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Instead of equity and inclusion programs,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Gale wrote, Meta plans to build programs 바카라 게임 웹사이트that focus on how to apply fair and consistent practices that mitigate bias for all, no matter your background.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The end to the DEI programs dovetails with other major changes at the company that critics say cater to the right since President-elect Donald Trump won November바카라 게임 웹사이트s election. Earlier this week Meta announced it was ending its third-party fact-checking programs in the United States and changing its hateful conduct policies, adding new types of content users can now post on Meta-owned platforms that were previously banned.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared on the Joe Rogan podcast Friday and said he바카라 게임 웹사이트d been working on the changes announced this week 바카라 게임 웹사이트for a long time.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트The whole point of social media is giving people the ability to share what they want. It goes back to, our original mission is just give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Zuckerberg said.
Zuckerberg said the initial fact-checking and content-moderation policies instituted in the past decade came out of external pressure.
바카라 게임 웹사이트I kind of think in 2016 and the aftermath I gave too much deference to a lot of folks in the media who were basically saying, 바카라 게임 웹사이트OK, there was no way (Trump) could바카라 게임 웹사이트ve gotten elected except for misinformation. People can바카라 게임 웹사이트t actually believe this stuff,바카라 게임 웹사이트바카라 게임 웹사이트 Zuckerberg said.
