Meta told employees Friday it will cut its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) team and roll back several related programs, marking another major shift in policy for the leading social media company.

The move is the latest signal Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, is aligning itself with the incoming Trump administration, which is widely expected to roll back several DEI programs

In an internal memo sent to employees Friday, Meta pointed to the "changing" "legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the United States" to explain the changes.

The memo was first reported by Axios. Meta later confirmed the information to The Hill.

"The Supreme Court of the United States has recently made decisions signaling a shift in how courts will approach DEI," Meta Vice President of Human Resources Janelle Gale wrote in the document. "It reaffirms longstanding principles that discrimination should not be tolerated or promoted on the basis of inherent characteristics."

Gale told employees the term DEI has become "charged," with some people claiming it suggests preference to some groups over others.

Moving forward, the Facebook official noted........

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