HR memo | Meta eliminates DEI programs as Zuckerberg says workplaces need more 'masculine energy'

Meta has become the latest major corporation to end its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs amid pressure from conservative critics.

In a memo sent to all employees Friday, Meta’s VP of Human Resources Janelle Gale said the company is eliminating all DEI measures, including “equity and inclusion programs and changing hiring and supplier diversity practices.”

In the memo, first reported by Axios, Gale said that a shift in stance is in part due to a “changing” legal and policy landscape surrounding DEI in the US.

“The Supreme Court of the United States has recently made decisions signaling a shift in how courts will approach DEI,” she wrote. “It reaffirms longstanding principles that discrimination should not be tolerated or promoted on the basis of inherent characteristics.”