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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Meta on Friday said it would be ending its DEI programs to focus on building programs that "mitigate bias for all."
DEI programs at Meta are done, company says
The end of the company's DEI efforts means that it will no longer use a "diverse slate approach," which it began implementing in 2015. According to a 2017 blog post on Meta's website about the strategy, it "sets the expectation that hiring managers will consider candidates from underrepresented backgrounds when interviewing for an open position."
Meta ends its DEI programs
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.
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