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Snap CEO Spiegel says the organization does not disclose figures of diversity publicly
Business Insider reports that Snap CEO Evan Spiegel has staffed that he is keeping his numbers private for diversity as they can continue to feel that companies in Silicon Valley are not diverse.
Spiegel made the comment earlier this week at a full-service company meeting, when he said Snap 's diversity is close to other tech companies that, according to BI, were largely white and male.
A Snap Speaker questioned Spiegel 's views on the problem posed by BI at an all-hand meeting. Snap Speaker
However, a partial transcript of the questions Snap gave The Verge seems to suggest that Spiegel is worried that the statistics will be made public and the steps will make the business and industry look in general.
Spiegel said during a Thursday interview with CNBC, 'Snapchat is like any other technology firms,' adding that he felt it was a negative thing.
"We were worried that the current composition of technology workers has actually been normalized by all these disclosures," said Spiegel, adding that the company decided to make the numbers available internally to help improve the situation, focussing on improvement rather than short-term competition.
"I was somewhat concerned that some of these disclosures would standardize the current state for the technological industries, but right now we are inventing a way of disclosing that information and of making it clear that we have plans for Snap and, more broadly, industry representations to include," he told CNBC. Snap has never published a diversity report as one of the few Silicon Valley firms.
Spiegel sent an online message on 1 June to the employees demanding a National Truth and Reconciliation Commission and condemning racial violence as well.
The company said earlier in the month that it would no longer promote President Trump 's account on its Discuber tab, stating that, after the president's tweets about police violence, it was Twitter that led to some of its tweets "glorying violence," "we will not amplify voices which incite racial violence and injustice by giving them free promotion on Discover."
