Mark Zuckerberg is finally ready to be his true self. Surprise: he sucks.
new Report from the New York Times It details how Zuck employs a small executive team. To help him shape the Facebook, Instagram, and Threads meta platforms however he sees fit. So far it has been included. End of fact checking– Revert moderation rules that protects marginalized people and accelerates algorithms. Promote more political content– Now continue the memo to employees. Received from AxiosYou can add variety. Equality and inclusion to the list of principles on which Zuckerberg's businesses operate.
The company announced it would be disbanding its DEI team, halting efforts to work with minority-owned supplier businesses. and end the goal of being a representative Among other policy reversals Changes will take effect immediately.
This shift to the right comes after Zuckerberg's trip to Mar-a-Lago over Thanksgiving. , where he spends time with President-elect Donald Trump, but according to the Times , this has been bubbling up within Meta's CEO for some time. He reportedly felt compelled to embrace “progressive” causes, such as extreme left-wing beliefs such as “equal opportunity is good” and “you shouldn't lie about things” by employees of He and outside forces, behind the scenes, the Times said he was talking to. Marc Andreessen's Unadjusted Wages and others about how he wanted to approach “Freedom of speech” in running his company
The interesting thing is Zuckerberg's techno-libertarian version of “freedom of speech” looks a lot like “repression of the marginalized” in practice. Zach along with his small group of like-minded ghouls Write a new company content moderation policy. In such a way that it is forbidden to say “White people have mental illness,” but it is allowed to say “White people have mental illness.” “Gay people have mental illnesses” etc. companies as well. Pulled up transgender and non-binary themed options. From the Messenger chat app
Then it was decided to end the DEI project. Meta claimed that the reason for the call was because “The legal and political landscape surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion in the United States is changing.” In a memo obtained by Axios, Janelle Gale, Meta's vice president of human resources, cited a recent Supreme Court decision. It “signals a shift in how courts approach DEI,” an apparent reference to the SCOTUS decision. Attacks on affirmative action programs in college admissions offices as well as upcoming A case of “reverse discrimination” The court will hear that it may set a precedent for attacks on DEI initiatives.
But more than that The decision appears to be an extension of Zuckerberg's perspective. His friends in the venture capital world of Silicon Valley had spent years Harp about DEI programsImagine yourself as the king of meritocracy and think that people from disadvantaged backgrounds will face discrimination if they truly Just as talented with their partner Of course, the truth is that Morality is legendary– In fact, The study found that who believe that success is a result of merit results in less empathy and more discriminatory behavior
This is a departure from the company's offerings in recent years. After that, the company just Successfully defended one of its DEI efforts. In court this past summer, in 2023, Meta went public. specified“Our commitment to DEI remains central to who we are as a company,” and two years ago Meta published a diversity report highlighting how to attract talent from the community. marginalized by hiring more mobile workers (The company has issued a Return to office orders at It disproportionately affects the same group of workers.–
Of all the decisions Zuckerberg has presented across his company in recent weeks, Clearly, there is one type of diversity that he truly excels at: the diversity of ideas that disagree with his.