Meta this week told staff in its risk division that a number of their roles were being eliminated because of improvements in the company’s internal technology, Business Insider has learned.
Meta’s chief compliance and privacy officer of product, Michel Protti, informed workers in the risk org on Wednesday that it has been moving away from manual reviews to more automated processes, according to an internal memo viewed by Business Insider.
“As a result, we don’t need as many roles in some areas as we once did,” he wrote, without disclosing the number of affected roles.
Protti said Meta is making the changes as it has invested in “building more global technical controls” over the past few years, and has made “significant progress” in its approach to risk management and compliance. Meta’s risk org is tasked with ensuring the company’s regulatory and policy compliance.
“By moving from bespoke, manual reviews to a more consistent and automated process, we’ve been able to deliver more accurate and reliable compliance outcomes across Meta,” Protti wrote. “This standardization means that many routine decisions can now be handled efficiently by technology, freeing our teams to focus on the most complex and high-impact challenges.”
Meta spokesperson Thomas Richards confirmed the risk org job cuts and internal memo, adding that the company routinely makes organizational changes and is restructuring to “reflect the maturity of our program and innovate faster while maintaining high compliance standards.”
As part of the reorg, Meta is reducing roles in its Product Risk Program Manager, Shared Services, and Global Security & Privacy teams (GSP), per the memo. It is merging the GSP team and integrating it with the Reg Readiness division and the data protection officer’s team, and renaming the group Regulatory Compliance Programs. It’s also consolidating areas of work in London.
More cuts at Meta
The cuts come as Meta also laid off 600 employees from its Superintelligence Labs division on Wednesday. In an internal memo, which was seen by Business Insider, Meta’s chief AI officer, Alexandr Wang, said Meta would “continue to hire industry-leading Al-native talent” and that its goal is to enable Meta Superintelligence Labs to move faster.
The company has also begun automating other areas of its business, including its hiring process, by conducting AI-assisted interviews and using AI to assess coding skills. Earlier this year, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg also said he expects that sometime this year, the company will have an AI agent that can carry out the work of a midlevel engineer.
Meta is not the only Big Tech firm talking about cutting jobs as a result of advances in AI or automating tasks. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told employees in June that as it rolls out more generative AI and agents, it will lead to “fewer people doing some of the jobs being done today.”
Read the full memo below:
Risk org update: team restructuring and role reductions Today, we’re announcing a number of role reductions and a series of organizational changes within the Risk org. These decisions are difficult, and we recognize the impact they will have on valued colleagues and teams. I want to share what’s changing and why.
WHY WE’RE MAKING THE CHANGES • Over the past few years, we’ve invested in building more global technical controls and in standardizing our requirements and verifiers within Risk Review. We’ve made significant progress in how we approach risk management and compliance. By moving from bespoke, manual reviews to a more consistent and automated process, we’ve been able to deliver more accurate and reliable compliance outcomes across Meta. This standardization means that many routine decisions can now be handled efficiently by technology, freeing our teams to •focus on the most complex and high-impact challenges. As a result, we don’t need as many roles in some areas as we once did. Our work has matured, and we’re at a point where we can operate more efficiently and effectively, while still upholding the highest standards for compliance. • KEY CHANGES WE’RE MAKING: • Reducing roles in Product Risk Program Manager, Shared Services and Global Security & Privacy (GSP) teams. • Consolidating more Areas work in London, where we have strong leadership and engineering presence. • Reorganizing GSP and integrating it with the Reg Readiness and DPO team, which we’re renaming Regulatory Compliance Programs. LOOKING AHEAD We remain committed to delivering innovative products while meeting our regulatory *obligations. These changes do not alter our policies, standards for compliance, or legal responsibilities. Automation and technology. will continue to strengthen our compliance program, but human judgment will always play a crucial role in assessing novel and complex issues. This is a natural next step in our journey, and as our processes mature, our teams will be able to focus on the most challenging and high-impact work. We also know this is a hard day for many. Our priority is to support impacted employees and help them find new opportunities, within Meta or beyond. We are equipping managers and team leaders with resources to support their teams, and we will continue to communicate openly as we move through this transition. We are grateful for the contributions of everyone affected and remain committed to supporting you through this change.
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