Trump Executive Order Triggers FCC Investigation Into Disney and ABC’s DEI

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According to CNBC, the Federal Communications Commission is investigating Disney and its ABC unit's DEI practices. The agency examines whether those practices may violate federal equal employment opportunity rules. The probe follows a similar inquiry launched into Comcast and NBCUniversal. The inquiry stems from a January executive order signed by Trump directing federal agencies to pursue civil compliance investigations into DEI efforts at public companies and other institutions.

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00:02Communications Commission is investigating the DEI practices of Disney and its ABC unit,

00:06and according to CNBC, the agency is examining whether those practices may violate federal

00:11equal employment opportunity rules. Profiles of similar inquiry launched into Comcast and NBC

00:17Universal. The inquiry stems from a January 2nd order signed by Trump directing federal agencies

00:23to pursue civil compliance investigations into DEI efforts in public companies and other

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