Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Kerr asked his agency to begin an investigation into Comcast's DEI policy.
On Tuesday, Kerr told Comcast CEO Brian Roberts whether the cable giant whose FCC owns NBCuniversal is violating federal law, particularly the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, by implementing the DEI program. I warned that I would investigate. .
“All the businesses regulated by the FCC… I believe there is a message that it is now that they are time to end their mysterious forms of DEI discrimination,” Kerr told the Post. .
The investigation comes when President Trump cracked down on the DEI program, banned policies at the federal level on his first day in office, and asked private companies to follow suits.
The agency will assess many DEI practices at Comcast and NBCuniversal, including Dei Days and the Training program, Carr wrote in the letter.
“We are under investigation by the Federal Communications Commission and will work with the FCC to answer any questions,” a Comcast spokesperson posted in a statement. “For decades, we have been built on the foundation of integrity and respect for all our employees and customers.”
Carr said the agency is starting with Comcast because the company is “explaining a lot of our sector.” The company operates cable, wireless and internet services, and owns broadcasting stations such as NBCuniversal and the streaming service Peacock.
The FCC Chair said he hopes that all entities overseen by government agencies will end discriminatory DEI policies, and businesses that have not lost that could face regulatory hurdles regarding transactions He suggested that there is.
“It's very hard to see how businesses get FCC approval while maintaining a mysterious form of discrimination,” Kerr posted.
He did not confirm whether all FCC-regulated companies with DEI policies should expect to be slapped in the investigation, but he said, “there are many different options at the table,” including letters and enforcement warnings. I've said that.
“If they're not there yet, they need to do due diligence,” Kerr said.
Since helmed at the FCC last month, Kerr has revived bias complaints filed against ABC, NBC and CBS.
DEI Clampdown shows that many companies, including Walmart, Target, Meta and Amazon, are betraying their diversity policies.
Recently, Google and Disney have returned some of their DEI programs after Trump took office.
