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

Meta is ending its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, also known as DEI, due to pressure from conservative critics and customers, according to a company memo.
The company will no longer require managers to source candidates from underrepresented groups and will stop efforts to hire minority-owned vendors and suppliers, as stated by Janelle Gale.
Mark Zuckerberg mentioned on the Joe Rogan Podcast that he has been working on these changes for a long time, stating, 'This is the right place to be going forward.'
Zuckerberg acknowledged that pressure from the Biden Administration during the Covid-19 pandemic influenced Meta's content moderation policies, saying, 'These people from the Biden Administration would call up our team and like scream at them.

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