The chairman of the Federal Communications Fee mentioned on Friday that he had opened an investigation into Disney’s variety, fairness and inclusion applications within the newest try underneath the Trump administration to halt such efforts.
In a letter to Robert A. Iger, the chief executive of Disney, Brendan Carr, the chairman, mentioned the corporate’s applications to extend variety in hiring and to advertise race-based affinity teams appeared to violate equal employment alternative rules.
“I need to be sure that Disney ends any and all discriminatory initiatives in substance, not simply title,” Mr. Carr mentioned within the letter, which was despatched on Thursday. “For one more, I need to decide whether or not Disney’s actions — whether or not ongoing or just lately ended — complied always with relevant F.C.C. rules.”
A Disney spokesman mentioned the corporate was reviewing the F.C.C.’s letter. “We stay up for partaking with the fee to reply its questions.”
Mr. Carr, a veteran Republican regulator, began his tenure as chairman of the F.C.C. in January by beginning a sweeping marketing campaign to scrutinize the media, trying to root out allegations of left-leaning bias and insurance policies scorned by the president.
Final month, he started an analogous variety and inclusion inquiry into Comcast, the guardian firm of NBCUniversal. Mr. Carr has additionally mentioned merger opinions undertaken by the company will now embrace investigations of corporations’ D.E.I. applications.
