Meta’s founder Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook, Instagram and other Meta platforms will be ending their fact-checking program. Zuckerberg said the move would “dramatically reduce the amount of censorship on our platforms.” Zuckerberg said Meta’s “fact-checkers have just been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they’ve created”. The tech firm’s content moderation teams will also be moving from California to Texas “where there is less concern about the bias of our teams.”

Zuckerberg directs removal of tampons from men’s restrooms in Meta offices. As part of its scaling back on DEI initiatives, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has removed tampons from men’s restrooms in its offices in New York, Texas, and California.

McDonalds has announced plans to discontinue  its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) hiring practices and training program. In its announcement, The company cited a shifting political landscape and a recent US Supreme Court decision that struck down affirmative action in college admissions. McDonalds joins a growing list of major corporations, including Walmart, Target, and Ford, that have rolled back their DEI strategies in response to the ruling and increasing public and political scrutiny of such initiatives.

Six class action lawsuits have been filed against major dental product manufacturers for deceptively marketing products containing fluoride to young children, and misleading parents to believe the products are safe for toddlers. The lawsuits name a number of children’s toothpaste brands, including Crest and Colgate.

The US House of Representatives passed the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.” The legislation excludes males from participating in women’s sports sponsored by organizations that receive federal funding. The act stipulates that “sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.”

Governor Patrick Morrisey, West Virginia’s new governor, signed an Executive Order that formally provides the right to religious exemptions from mandatory vaccines for school children in his state. West Virginia now joins the other 45 states that recognize Americans’ inherent religious freedom. This means that there are just four more states to win over—New York, California, Connecticut, and Maine.

On his second day in office, West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey banned diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at all public institutions in the state through executive action. “Theories of DEI are contrary to equal protection guarantees of the West Virginia and United States Constitution.” The order prohibits state institutions from using public funds or resources to support DEI-related programs, staff positions, or initiatives. It also bans requirements for anyone to undergo DEI training, pledge support for DEI causes, or disclose their “preferred pronouns.”

A federal judge has struck down the Biden administration’s proposed “Title IX” reforms, which would have expanded transgender equity for students and changed rules governing sex discrimination in schools. The judge ruled that the Education Department had violated teachers’ rights by requiring them to use students’ preferred pronouns.

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning the creation and issuance of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in the US in favour of a private-sector-driven digital ecosystem.

Following a review, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and nine other State Attorneys General warned major financial institutions that certain diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) commitments could lead to enforcement actions if they are found to violate state or federal law.

Anti-DEI groups, including the National Legal and Policy Center and National Center for Public Policy Research, take aim at major banks. Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan Chase became the latest major companies to be hit with shareholder proposals and discrimination lawsuits for their “woke” diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies. Goldman Sachs currently has diversity quotas for companies it helps take public, a commitment to invest $10 billion in companies and organizations that benefit black women, and hiring targets for black vice presidents and race-based networking groups. JPMorgan, meanwhile, has a DEI program that picks suppliers based on their race and sex.

Every major bank based in the US has withdrawn from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) after Texas Attorney General Paxton’s strong encouragement to do so. NZBA is an activist organization that requires its members to prioritize a radical climate agenda over consumer and investor interests.

Pete Hegseth, the new US Secretary of Defense, vowed that all service members who were involuntarily removed from service for refusing the COVID-19 vaccination would be reinstated with back pay.

A Canadian judge has rejected a complaint against maskless workplaces as frivolous. Federal Court Justice Benoit Duchesne ruled that Nicolas Juzda’s complaint of feeling “unsafe” following the end of mask mandates in federal workplaces was unreasonable. Juzda, a “fully vaccinated” Elections Canada manager without any particular health issues, complained that he felt unsafe in the Gatineau headquarters.

A class action lawsuit against the Canadian government’s COVID vaccine mandate for core public administration employees has been approved by the Federal Court. The class action was started in response to the vaccine mandate issued in 2021 for public administrative employees, including those working for the RCMP and Treasury Board. The plaintiffs argue the mandate violated their Charter Rights.