Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced the end of the company's diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, arguing that these programs have gone 'too far' and that celebrating 'aggression' is more beneficial. This decision coincides with other recent moves by Zuckerberg, such as axing the company's fact-checking program and rolling back content moderation. Zuckerberg's comments have sparked controversy, as Meta's workforce remains heavily male-dominated and Silicon Valley continues to struggle with diversity issues.
In addition to axing his company’s fact-checking program, rolling back content moderation, and elevating Republican executives and board members—all moves that Zuckerberg made last week— Meta will also end its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, launched to address the dearth of women, Black, and Hispanic workers in the tech industry. But Zuckerberg, in a Friday appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast, essentially argued that those programs have worked too well.
Just last September, a new analysis by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found that women in tech made zero representation gains over the past generation. What has changed, however, is the mood in both Washington and San Francisco.
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