Meta disbands diversity team and says DEI has become ‘charged’

Meta is eliminating its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs because of the “legal and argumentation scenery surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts” successful the US, according to a memo to labor seen by Axios. Meta will besides rotation backmost practice goals and extremity its “diverse slate approach” to hiring.

The memo, which was written by Janelle Gale, Meta’s vice president of quality resources, said the institution would switch DEI programs pinch ones “that attraction connected really to use adjacent and accordant practices that mitigate bias for all, nary matter your background,” arsenic reported by Axios. The institution will besides “end efforts to root business suppliers from diverse-owned businesses.”

“The Supreme Court of the United States has precocious made decisions signaling a displacement successful really courts will attack DEI,” Gale wrote. “The word ‘DEI’ has besides go charged, successful portion because it is understood by immoderate arsenic a believe that suggests preferential curen of immoderate groups complete others.”

Meta spokesperson Tracy Clayton confirmed to The Verge that Axios’ reporting is accurate.

Update, January 10th: Added confirmation from Meta.