Legal Defense Fund exits Meta civil rights advisory group over DEI changes

Meta ending DEI programs, getting rid of factcheckers and changing content moderation policies led to LDF’s decisionOn Friday, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced its decision to exit Meta’s external civil rights advisory group due to its concerns over Meta’s content moderation and diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) policy changes.In January, Meta made a series of sweeping changes, including ending its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, gettin