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Meta’s massive overhaul of its internal and external policies this week reportedly included removing tampons from men’s restrooms, according to a report.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday that the company would end its controversial fact-checking practices and lifting speech restrictions to “restore free speech” on the Facebook, Instagram and Meta platforms, admitting that its content moderation practices had “gone too far”.
By Friday, Meta had terminated its core diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs.
The New York Times reported on the changes in an article Friday title“As part of Mark Zuckerberg’s sprint to remake Meta for the Trump era,” warning: “The repercussions are only beginning.”
META ENDS CORPORATE DEI PROGRAMS
As the entire company moves away from far-left social programs, Meta management has reportedly been ordered to remove tampons from men’s restrooms. (Zuckerberg photo by David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images | Photo stamps by Martin Schutt/photo alliance via Getty Images)
In addition to removing transgender and non-binary personalization themes on its Messenger app and changing its “hateful conduct” policy to allow criticism of gender identity, the company has taken an active role in changing the corporate culture in the office, according to the Times.
At Meta’s offices in Silicon Valley, Texas and New York, facility managers were instructed to remove tampons from the men’s restrooms, which the company had provided to non-binary and transgender employees who use the restrooms for men and might have needed sanitary pads, two employees said. “, the Times reported.
LGBTQ employees reportedly complained on internal resource channels, with at least one announcing his resignation, while others said they would look for new jobs.
Fox News Digital has contacted Meta for comment.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers a speech during the annual Meta Connect event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, September 25, 2024. (Reuters/Manuel Orbegozo / Reuters)
Joel Kaplan, Meta’s director of global affairs, told Fox News Digital on Friday that the decision to end its diversity, equity and inclusion programs will ensure the company “builds teams with the most talented.”
He added that “this means evaluating people as individuals and seeking people from a wide range of candidates, but never making hiring decisions based on protected characteristics like race or gender.” »
As for the timeline for changes to Meta’s fact-checking programs, Kaplan told Fox News Digital that the company has “a real opportunity now.”
“We have a new administration coming in that is far from pressuring businesses to censor and [is more] a big supporter of free speech,” Kaplan said. “It brings us back to the values that Mark founded the company on.”
Meta has the Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp apps. (Jens Büttner/photo alliance via Getty Images / Getty Images)
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These changes appear to follow trends of other major companies moving away from DEI and associated ideologies during the new Trump era.
Eric Revell and Brooke Singman of Fox News contributed to this report.
