Mark Zuckerberg blames Sheryl Sandberg for pushing Meta ‘inclusivity’: report
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The CEO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, has reportedly blamed Facebook’s parent company’s pressure on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) on the tech giant’s former long-time executive.
The New York Times reported that as Zuckerberg moved to end DEI programs at Meta – the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and Threads – he met with Stephen Miller, Trump’s top aide-elect.
At that meeting, Zuckerberg accused Sheryl Sandberg, Meta’s former CEO who left the company in 2022, of an inclusiveness program that sought to encourage employees to express themselves at work, according to a Times report.
Zuckerberg also signed Miller to preview changes in Meta’s policies and indicated that he did not plan to interfere with the incoming administration’s efforts to reverse the DEI culture in American business, according to the report.
META COMPLETES CORPORATE DEI PROGRAMS
Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg is known as an advocate for gender equality in the workplace. ((Photo by Paul Marotta/Getty Images) / Getty Images)
Sandberg is known as the author of the book “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead,” which aimed to discuss the problems of the lack of women in business and political leadership roles to help women achieve career goals. She also founded the non-profit Lean In, which reverses gender inequality in the workplace, and serves as board chair.
FOX Business has reached out to a representative for Sandberg for comment.
| A ticker | Security | Finally | Change | change % |
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| META | META PLATFORMS INC. | 611.30 | -5.82 |
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Last week, Zuckerberg’s changes took effect at Meta with the announcement that the company would end its corporate DEI programs.
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Sandberg left Meta in 2022. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images / Getty Images)
Meta’s vice president of human resources Janelle Gale wrote to employees that “the legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts is changing.”
Gale’s memo was first reported by Axios and Meta confirmed the report in response to a question from FOX Business.
The memo noted that recent Supreme Court decisions had the effect of “signaling a change in the way courts will deal with DEI,” which contributed to the change.
“The term ‘DEI’ has also been charged, in part because some understand it as a practice that suggests preferential treatment for some groups over others,” Gale wrote in a memo first reported by Axios.
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently pushed back on DEI’s tech plans. (Reuters/Manuel Orbegozo/Reuters)
Meta immediately ended its DEI programs for recruiting, training and selecting suppliers with the announcement.
Meta’s new chief global affairs officer, Joel Kaplan, spoke to Fox News Digital’s Brooke Singman about the changes and said, “This is ultimately about doing what’s best for our company and making sure we’re serving everyone and building teams with the most talented people.”
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“This means evaluating people as individuals, and finding people from different backgrounds, but never making decisions based on protected characteristics like race or gender,” Kaplan explained.
Fox News Digital’s Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
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