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Mark Zuckerberg’s charity guts DEI after assuring staff it would continue


Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ends internal inclusion efforts and ‘social advocacy’ grants and scrubs site of commitment

When Meta early this year decided it would end its own DEI efforts, CZI employees grew concerned that their organization would follow since the company and the foundation often enact similar corporate policies. As Meta’s CEO, Zuckerberg has made clear in recent months his desire to be in the good graces of Trump’s new administration, which has ended diversity initiatives in federal hiring and pressured businesses to do the same. CZI’s website has changed more drastically in recent days, removing many past references to its years of public support of corporate diversity and promoting underrepresented groups in scientific research.

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