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Meta has reportedly undergone a major review of its internal and external policies this week, which includes removing tampons from men’s rooms, according to a report.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged on Tuesday that the company’s content moderation practices had “gone too far” and called for controversial fact-checking practices to “reclaim free expression” across Facebook, Instagram and Meta platforms. announced that it would end the ban and lift restrictions on speech.
By Friday, Meta had completed its major diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program.
The New York Times reported on these changes Friday in an article headlined “Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s sprint to remake the Trump-era meta,” warning that “the impact is just beginning.”
Meta ends corporate DEI program
Meta executives have reportedly been ordered to remove tampons from men’s restrooms as the company moves away from a far-left social agenda. (Zuckerberg Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images | Tampon Photo: Martin Schutt/Photo Alliance via Getty Images)
According to the Times, the company will remove transgender and non-binary customization themes from its Messenger app, change its “Hateful Duct” policy to allow criticism of gender identity, and change its office culture. He is said to have played an active role in this.
The internet is abuzz with NYT headlines about fact checkers who have ruled that their meta-criticisms are “wrong” and “beyond parody.”
At Mehta’s offices in Silicon Valley, Texas, and New York, facility managers were instructed to remove tampons from men’s restrooms, but the company did not allow non-binary and transgender employees who use the men’s restrooms. and provided tampons to employees who might need sanitary pads, two employees said. ‘The Times reported.
LGBTQ employees reportedly complained on internal resource channels, with at least one announcing his resignation and others saying they would look for new jobs.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Mehta for comment.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gives the keynote speech at MetaConnect, an annual event held at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on September 25, 2024. (Reuters/Manuel Orbegoso/Reuters)
Joel Kaplan, Meta’s chief international affairs officer, told Fox News Digital on Friday that the move to end its diversity, equity and inclusion program will allow the company to “build our team with the most talented people.” He said it would be certain.
“This means valuing people as individuals and sourcing from a broad pool of candidates, but never making hiring decisions based on protected characteristics such as race or gender,” he said. It means that,” he added.
Regarding the timing of changes to Meta’s fact-checking program, Kaplan told Fox News Digital that the company has “a real opportunity now.”
“We have a new administration that is very supportive of free expression, far from forcing companies to censor themselves,” Kaplan said. “It brings us back to the values that Mark founded the company on.”
Meta owns the Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp apps. (Jens Büttner/Photo Alliance via Getty Images/Getty Images)
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These changes appear to follow the trend of other major companies moving away from DEI and related ideologies under the new Trump administration.
FOX News’ Eric Revell and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
