BuzzFeed

TheHuffingtonPost,com. Inc., Homesick.com., Product Labs, Inc., Lexland Studios, Inc.
New York
Media and Entertainment

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

BuzzFeed does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees but has not publicly terminated business relationships based on views or beliefs. BuzzFeed requires employees to take unconscious bias training and frequently uses its reputation to promote ideological causes. However, it does not appear to discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving and has not used its corporate funds for ideological purposes. For these reasons, BuzzFeed receives a Medium Risk rating.

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Risk Level
Rationale
Corporate Weaponization
Criteria

Has denied service to customers, suppliers, or vendors due to their political views or religious beliefs OR corporately boycotts, divests, or sanctions regions, people groups, or industries.

Risk Level
Rationale

BuzzFeed has not publicly fired customers, suppliers, or vendors based on views or beliefs.

Criteria

Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.

Risk Level
Rationale

BuzzFeed does not appear to discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving (1)(2).

Criteria

Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.

Risk Level
Rationale

BuzzFeed does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (1).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy
Criteria

Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level
Rationale

BuzzFeed educates all team members on Unconscious Bias and 12.67% of BuzzFeed global employees identify as LGBTQ+ (1). BuzzFeed publishes articles on a variety of ideological topics, including access to abortion, LGBTQ issues, and BLM (2)(3)(4)(5).

Criteria

Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level
Rationale

BuzzFeed does not use corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (1).

Criteria

Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

Risk Level
N/A
Rationale

BuzzFeed does not operate a PAC or engage in lobbying at this time (1)(2).

All links were last accessed and all information was updated on:
September 29, 2023

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