Following similar actions by Amazon, McDonald’s, Walmart and Ford, Meta’s decision to dismantle its DEI initiatives is a caution about the dangers of oversimplifying complex issues.

Meta will no longer take DEI considerations into account for purposes of hiring, training and picking suppliers, according to Axios.

In less than two weeks, Meta has scrapped its U.S. fact-checking program, elevated prominent Republican Joel Kaplan to be its chief global affairs officer and elected Dana White, CEO of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and close friend of Trump, to its board.

Apple’s board said a conservative think tank's proposal seeking to force it to abolish DEI initiatives was an inappropriate effort to restrict its business operations.

The move to cut DEI comes just days after Meta announced a move to move to community-based content moderation strategy on its platforms.

Facebook owner Meta Platforms and Amazon.com are winding down diversity programmes ahead of Republican Donald Trump's return to the US presidency as conservative opposition to such initiatives grows louder.

A significant reversal from two of the biggest companies in the world. Instagram & Facebook's parent company Meta and Amazon now both rolling back their diversity and inclusion initiatives. NBC News’ Emilie Ikeda reports.

The companies are among the latest major corporations to alter their diversity programmes since Trump's re-election.