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Tech giant Meta on Friday ended its main diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs effective immediately, joining a growing group of companies abandoning DEI initiatives.
Axios reported, citing a memo to Meta employees explaining that the company is halting operations immediately DEI programs for recruitment, training and selection of suppliers.
The company told employees that “the legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts is changing” in a memo from Met Vice President of Human Resources Janelle Gale, according to an Axios report.
Meta confirmed the Axios report in response to an inquiry from FOX Business.
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Meta, led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, announced the return of its DEI programs after ending its fact-checking initiative earlier this week. (Reuters/Manuel Orbegozo/Reuters)
Gale’s memo noted recent Supreme Court decisions that have the effect of “signaling a shift in how courts will approach DEI,” contributing to the shift.
“The term ‘DEI’ has also come under fire, in part because some perceive it as a practice that suggests preferential treatment of some groups over others,” Gale wrote in a memo reported by Axios.
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Meta’s new director of global affairs, Joel Kaplan, told Fox News Digital’s Brooke Singman, “This is ultimately about doing what’s best for our company and making sure we’re serving everyone and building teams with the most talented people.”
“That means evaluating people as individuals and finding people from a pool of candidates, but never making hiring decisions based on protected characteristics like race or gender,” Kaplan said.
“The United States Supreme Court recently issued decisions that signal a shift in how courts will approach DEI,” Kaplan explained. “It reaffirms long-standing principles that discrimination based on inherent characteristics should not be tolerated or promoted.”
“It is clear that there has been progress on this issue from a political and legal perspective, and we expect more of this to happen in the future and we want to ensure that our programs are in a long-term and sustainable position,” he added.
Meta cited a changing legal and political environment in its decision to end DEI’s policies. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Meta’s announcement comes after she announced earlier this week that she would discontinue your fact-checking program.
CEO of Meta Mark Zuckerberg said the company plans to replace them with community notes similar to those on X.
Several other prominent companies have rolled back DEI policies in recent months.
McDonald’s announced on Monday that it was scrapping some of its DEI policies, saying that while it was committed to inclusion, it had abandoned its “aspirational representational goals” as well as scrapping its DEI pledge for suppliers. The company also changed the name of its diversity team to the Global Inclusion Team and ended external research on the topic.
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The fast-food giant’s decision follows similar changes made in 2024 by Walmart, Ford Motor Co., John Deere, Lowe’s and Toyota.
In addition, in mid-December, the federal appeals court rejected Nasdaq’s diversity rules previously approved by the Securities Commission.
Brooke Singman of Fox News Digital and Breck Dumas of FOX Business contributed to this report.
