NEWS: FCC Announces Plans To Investigate Disney Over Its DEI Policies

The Walt Disney Company is making headlines over its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.

In February, Disney revealed that it would change performance factors, website updates, employee groups, and streaming disclaimers. This came after the company removed language on diversity, equity, and inclusion from its latest Disney Investor Report. However, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has recently shared that Disney may soon be under investigation regarding its policies, according to Business Insider.

Previously, the FCC, under the Trump administration, revealed that it had plans to investigate Comcast and the company’s embracing of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Now, the FCC is targeting Disney. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said that he is “putting the finishing touches” on a letter to The Walt Disney Company announcing the investigation.

Carr revealed that this investigation would be similar to those already announced for both Comcast and Verizon. This comes after Disney shareholders recently rejected an anti-DEI deal.

Carr has previously said, “Any businesses that are looking for FCC approval, I would encourage them to get busy ending any sort of their invidious forms of DEI discrimination.”

Last year, Disney settled a defamation lawsuit filed by Trump by agreeing to make a $15 million donation to his presidential library and to pay another $1 million in attorneys’ fees regarding a case about on-air comments made by an ABC anchor. However, that settlement does not seem to have kept Disney out of the administration’s sights.

Disney has not yet commented on the pending investigation at the time of writing.

We’ll be keeping an eye on the situation and keep you updated, so check back with AllEars soon for more.