The meta is more than just moderation changes. The company is also focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts, according to both Axios and The New York Times. This includes eliminating diversity hiring goals, eliminating the chief diversity officer position and not prioritizing minority-owned companies as vendors, the Times reported.
When asked for comment on the end of the DEI initiative, Mehta acknowledged the report was accurate.
Internally, Axios apparently made the decision based on the changing “legal and policy landscape,” according to a memo to employees acquired by Axios.
“The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a decision that signals a shift in the way courts approach DEI,” Janelle Gale, vice president of human resources at Meta, said in a memo. “The term ‘DEI’ has also come under fire, in part because it is understood as a practice that suggests some groups are favored over others. ”
The current Supreme Court is not necessarily friendly to organized attempts to address issues of race, gender, and sexuality, but given Meta’s other recent changes, the company’s potential for litigation It looks like there’s more going on than fear.
Around the same time that Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta would abandon third-party fact-checking and change the type of speech it allows on its platform, 404 Media reported that the company would It was reported that the theme was deleted from Messenger and posted. announced them. This week, the company added Trump supporter and UFC CEO Dana White to its board of directors, a move that confirms Zuckerberg’s continued fandom and provides a conservative voice. It also shows that they want to listen to what they want. Taken all of this together, it seems less like a reaction to the current climate and more like the way those in charge want to do business going forward.
