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Meta Terminates DEI Programs

Facebook owner Meta kills DEI in latest nod to Trump and MAGA movement

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta is canceling its diversity programs, the latest political maneuver to align with the incoming Trump administration.

The Daily Beast on MSN · 2h

Meta Goes Full MAGA as it Kills Off DEI Programs

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will terminate all DEI programs—including in hiring, training and selecting suppliers. “The legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the United States is changing,

NBC News on MSN · 47m

Meta announces end of its DEI programs. Read the memo.

Meta on Friday told employees that its plans to end a number of internal programs designed to increase the company’s hiring of diverse candidates, the latest dramatic change ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second White House term.

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CNET on MSN · 1h

Done With Meta? Here's How To Delete Your Facebook Once and for All

Facebook will take up to 90 days to delete all of your account data from its servers. For the first 30 days of that period, you can still sign in and cancel your deletion request. Your account will be restored and it'll be like you never left. For better or worse.

Forbes · 23h

Meta Decision Sends Searches To Delete Facebook Soaring

Commenting on the surge, Gizmodo suggested that “apparently not everyone is ready to live in a post-truth world... Fittingly, Facebook competitors are also seeing a spike in interest. Bluesky saw a nearly 1,000% increase in searches during the same period that saw people looking to exit the Meta-verse of social apps.”

Detroit Free Press · 2d

No more 'Facebook jail': What will take the place of Meta's fact-checking system

Meta's announcement that it would scrap its fact-checking system was hailed by some, but it also prompted fears that it will allow more online hate.

Mark Zuckerberg says users may leave Meta

Business Insider on MSN · 2d

Mark Zuckerberg says users may leave Meta after fact-checking shutdown for 'virtue signaling'

Mark Zuckerberg dismissed concerns about users leaving Meta platforms in response to the company's decision to end its U.S. fact-checking program, saying any exits would be "virtue signaling." In a reply on Threads to a user's post criticizing Meta's influence and suggesting that people feel trapped on the platform,

Yahoo · 1h

Mark Zuckerberg Compares Meta’s Fact-Checking to ‘1984’ as His Apps Prepare for Community Notes

The Facebook boss says a key reason he's ditching fact-checking is because the Biden Administration "basically pushed" the company to censor COVID-19 posts The post Mark Zuckerberg Compares Meta’s Fact-Checking to ‘1984’ as His Apps Prepare for Community Notes appeared first on TheWrap.

New York Post on MSN · 1d

Mark Zuckerberg says anyone who quits Meta over lack of fact-checking is ‘virtue signaling’

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shrugged off criticism that his new policy that does away with third party fact-checking and censorship will alienate users — insisting that anyone who quits company platforms Facebook,

Alan Rusbridger vows to stay on at Meta as Facebook reverses ban on slurs

The former editor of The Guardian, Alan Rusbridger, has vowed to remain on Meta’s “supreme court” even as Facebook rewrites ...

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Calling women ‘household objects’ now permitted on Facebook after Meta updated its guidelines

Meta on Tuesday announced sweeping changes to how it moderates content that will roll out in the coming months, including ...

Meta policy chief says decision to end DEI ensures company hires 'the most talented people'

Meta’s global policy chief Joel Kaplan told Fox News Digital the move to end its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs will ensure the company is “building teams with the most talented people" ...

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Meta to phase back in political content on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads

As part of a significant overhaul of its content moderation policies announced on Tuesday, Meta admitted that its approach to ...

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Meta to end programs aimed at diversifying workforce

Among the changes, Meta is ending the company’s “Diverse Slate Approach” of considering qualified candidates from underrepresented groups for its open roles.