Meta Discontinues DEI Programs Just Days After The Company’s CEO Announces The End Of Its Fact-Checking System
Meta has joined the ranks of major companies that are scaling back or, in its case, terminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. In a memo sent on Friday, Jan. 10, through Meta’s internal communications tool Workplace,
Meta announces end of its DEI programs. Read the memo.
Among the changes, Meta is ending the company’s “Diverse Slate Approach” of considering qualified candidates from underrepresented groups for its open roles.
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