Many of Metais’ diversity and inclusion initiatives are being canceled, and the company has informed its staff that they will no longer be obliged to evaluate applicants from underrepresented backgrounds for available positions or seek out diverse suppliers.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives of the organization have been seriously undermined by the memo to employees, which was verbally shared with Bloomberg News. According to the message, Meta’s top black female employee and chief diversity officer, Maxine Williams, will be moved to a different position.
Meta will no longer be fact-checked. What effects will this have on the media and the search for the truth?
The story was first reported by Axios and confirmed by a Meta representative.
After years of conflict with President-elect Donald Trump, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been trying to win over the politician. He just met Trump in person at Mar-a-Lago. Zuckerberg stopped Meta’s collaboration with outside fact-checking groups earlier this week.
Additionally, Meta revised its guidelines on Tuesday on the kind of content that could be taken down from its websites. Among these modifications were additional clauses that permitted its users to occasionally use derogatory language when talking about immigration, transgender rights, or homosexuality, as well as to support restrictions on military, law enforcement, and teaching positions based on sexual orientation or gender.
Additionally, the revised policy eliminated protections against degrading language directed at Black, transgender, and non-binary individuals, as well as language that characterizes women as property or household objects.
Meta is joining businesses like McDonald’s Corp. and Walmart Inc. in moving away from DEI standards. Affirmative action in college admissions was outlawed by the Supreme Court, and legal challenges to corporate diversity programs that support minority groups have forced executives to reevaluate the programs. Trump, a strong opponent of DEI policies, has vowed to dismantle the federal government’s initiatives.
According to a Bloomberg review of the data that Meta submits to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission annually, the company was 51% Asian and 36% Caucasian as of 2023. Since 2020, the percentages of Black and Hispanic workers have somewhat decreased, standing at 3.5% and 6%, respectively. Among the 84 S&P 100 businesses, Meta experienced one of the largest drops in Black managers between 2022 and 2023.
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