The companies are among the latest major corporations to alter their diversity programmes since Trump's re-election.

Meta and Amazon are both axing their diversity programs, adding their names to a growing list of firms across corporate America making similar moves in anticipation of Donald Trump ’s return to the White House.

The move to cut DEI comes just days after Meta announced a move to move to community-based content moderation strategy on its platforms.

Meta and Amazon became the latest companies to roll back DEI ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.

Facebook owner Meta Platforms and Amazon.com are winding down diversity programs ahead of Republican Donald Trump's return to the U.S. presidency as conservative opposition to such initiatives grows louder.

The company maintained that the move affects, hiring, supplier and training efforts, Meta cited a “shifting legal and policy landscape” as the main reason behind its latest decision

The news of Amazon's DEI program changes comes after Meta announced plans to completely scrap its own DEI program, due to the "legal and policy landscape" in the US. Other corporations outside the tech industry, such as McDonald's and Walmart, are also scaling back their DEI initiatives.

Meta Platforms and Amazon are both rolling back diversity and inclusion (DEI) efforts, the latest in a string of major U.S. companies to withdraw from such work ahead of the White House comeback of Donald Trump, who has long railed against “woke” policies and diversity.

In less than two weeks, Meta has scrapped its US fact-checking programme, elevated prominent Republican Joel Kaplan to be its chief global affairs officer and elected Mr Dana White, chief executive officer (CEO) of Ultimate Fighting Championship and Trump’s close friend, to its board.