Meta Platforms is facing a civil rights and privacy lawsuit in the District of Columbia for allegedly racially discriminating on its platforms by disproportionately steering for-profit education advertisements to Black people.
Takeaway: The lawsuit was filed amid the tumult of the Trump administration’s targeting of federal and corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. An executive order signed by Trump on Jan. 21 halted the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs from investigating discrimination allegations, which, among other things, essentially stopped an audit of Tesla over allegations of discrimination at an automobile factory, according to The San Francisco Standard.