Employees at Meta were instructed not to discuss sensitive issues such as abortion, gun control, pending legislation, and vaccine efficacy at work. Fortune reported on the changes, citing a leaked internal memo from Meta’s head of people, Lori Goler. A Meta spokesperson confirmed the report to TechCrunch.
“As Mark recently mentioned, we need to make a number of cultural shifts to help us deliver on our priorities,” Goler wrote in a company memo, according to Fortune. “We’re doing this to keep internal conversations respectful, productive, and focused.” This comes with the trade-off that we will no longer allow for every type of expression at work, but we believe this is the right thing to do for our internal community’s long-term health.” When a draught Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked in June, Meta took a similar stance.