The head of the Federal Communications Commission ordered an investigation into Walt Disney Co. and its ABC network on their practices of diversity, equity and inclusion, expanding its examination of the media and telecommunications companies for the discriminatory biases perceived.
The president of the FCC, Brendan Carr, ordered the agency’s application office “to ensure that Disney and ABC have not violated regulations on equal opportunities for employment in favor of discrimination invites the discrimination of Dei”.
Carr has specifically called Disney policies, including its “Reimagine Tomorrow” initiative designed to advance its mission and inclusion standards by ABC which require “50% of regular and recurring characters” which are drawn from “under-represented groups”, according to a letter Carr wrote to the CEO of Disney, Bob Iger, and posted on X Friday.
“Disney started a century ago as an emblematic American society,” wrote Carr. “But then something has changed. Disney was now involved in controversy cycles surrounding its dei policies.”
Since he was appointed by President Donald Trump earlier this year, Carr has sent letters similar to Verizon Communications Inc. and Comcast Corp. He recently told Bloomberg that a company’s dei practices would affect his chances of receivingFusion approval.
Carr noted that Disney recently fell into some of its Dei initiatives, but said that “important concerns remain”. Earlier this year, Disney said it would end the Reimagine Tomorrow program that Carr called. The company is alsodelete diversityFrom the criteria for determining the remuneration of managers.
“We are examining the letter from the Federal Communications Commission, and we look forward to getting involved with the Commission to answer his questions,” said a Disney spokesman.
The modern Disney remake ofSnow White and the Seven Dwarfsmade theaters earlier this month under acriticism of criticismParticularly on the cast of a Colombian heritage actress as a title character and the reimagination of the seven dwarfs.
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