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FCC to investigate Disney and ABC over potential violation in diversity practices

a view of the Magic Kingdom and Mickey Mouse balloons
Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, last year. Photograph: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images

The US’s top media regulator on Friday said it was opening an investigation into the diversity practices of Walt Disney and its ABC unit, saying they may violate equal employment opportunity regulations.

Brendan Carr, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair, wrote to the Disney CEO, Robert Iger, in a letter dated on Thursday that the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts may not have complied with FCC regulations and that changes by the company may not go far enough.

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