Meta and Amazon roll back diversity initiatives ahead of Trump’s second term

Meta and Amazon are rolling back their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives ahead of president-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

The decision by Meta – the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and Threads – comes just days after chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced the social media platforms would no longer moderate comments on topics such as immigration and gender and will end their independent fact-checking programme, moving instead to a community notes system.

The changes, alongside an update to the firm’s hateful conduct policy, mean social media users will be able to call LGBTQ+ people “freaks”, “abnormal” and “mentally ill”.

In response, some queer members of staff are said to have suggested calling in sick, citing “mental illness”.

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