The Federal Communications Commission has alerted the Walt Disney Company and its ABC unit that it will begin an investigation into the diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the media giant.<\/p>\n
The FCC, the agency that regulates the media and telecommunications industry, said in a letter dated Friday that it wants to \u201censure that Disney and ABC have not been violating FCC equal employment opportunity regulations by promoting invidious forms of DEI discrimination.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are reviewing the Federal Communications Commission\u2019s letter, and we look forward to engaging with the commission to answer its questions,\u201d a Disney spokesperson told CNBC.<\/p>\n
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, who was recently appointed by President Donald Trump, began a similar investigation into Comcast and NBCUniversal in early February. <\/p>\n
The inquiry comes after Trump signed an executive order looking to end DEI practices at U.S. corporations in January. The order calls for each federal agency to \u201cidentify up to nine potential civil compliance investigations\u201d among publicly traded companies, as well as nonprofits and other institutions.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor decades, Disney focused on churning out box office and programming successes,\u201d Carr wrote in the letter to CEO Bob Iger. \u201cBut then something changed. Disney has now been embroiled in rounds of controversy surrounding its DEI policies.\u201d<\/p>\n
An FCC spokesperson didn\u2019t comment beyond the letter.<\/p>\n
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