Verizon ends DEI policies to get FCC’s blessing for its $20 billion Frontier deal

The Verizon logo is displayed on the exterior of a Verizon store. The FCC approved its $20 billion deal to buy Frontier Communications, a day after Verizon told the U.S. regulator that it would end many of its diversity-related policies. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

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Verizon has become the latest big company to end policies around diversity, equity and inclusion, or “DEI,” in order to keep the U.S. government happy.

It seems to have worked: on Friday, the Federal Communications Commission approved Verizon’s $20 billion deal to buy broadband provider Frontier Communications. The FCC said that the deal will

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