Verizon Ends Diversity Initiatives Under Pressure From FCC

Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr threatened to block Verizon 's planned $9.6 billion takeover of Frontier Communications .

The FCC launched a formal investigation into Verizon ’s corporate diversity practices in February .

Verizon says it will comply with the government's wishes.

Verizon is just one in a string of corporate reversals on workplace diversity since Trump 's election.

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