Meta to replace manual reviews with automation in new restructuring move

Meta Platforms is reducing roles across its risk and compliance operations as it accelerates a shift from manual reviews to automated systems, Business Insider reported. The move, announced internally this week, reflects the company’s growing use of technology — and increasingly, artificial intelligence — not just to build products but to reshape its internal operations.

In a memo to staff, Michel Protti, Meta’s chief compliance and privacy officer for product, said the company had made “significant progress” in risk management and regulatory compliance through the use of automation. “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,” he wrote. Protti said that automation now allows the company to “free teams to focus on the most complex and high-impact challenges.”

While Protti did not specify how many positions were being eliminated, he said the shift meant “we don’t need as many roles in some areas as we once did.” Meta’s risk organisation is responsible for ensuring the company meets its compliance obligations and internal policies.

The restructuring affects Meta’s Product Risk Program Manager, Shared Services, and Global Security & Privacy (GSP) teams. According to the internal memo seen by Business Insider, the GSP team will be merged with the Regulatory Readiness and Data Protection Officer divisions, forming a new unit called Regulatory Compliance Programs. Meta will also consolidate some functions in London, where the company has a large engineering and compliance base.

Meta spokesperson Thomas Richards confirmed the cuts and the memo, stating that the changes “reflect the maturity of our programme and our ability to innovate faster while maintaining high compliance standards.” He said the company continues to make organisational changes to align with its long-term compliance and regulatory goals.

Protti told staff the adjustments were a “natural next step” in the company’s compliance evolution. “Automation and technology will continue to strengthen our compliance programme,” he said, while emphasising that human judgement would remain critical for “novel and complex issues.”

The latest job cuts underline how deeply Big Tech companies are embedding automation into their corporate infrastructure. Meta’s internal risk automation push follows similar moves by its AI and product engineering teams.

Earlier this week, the company also laid off around 600 employees from its Superintelligence Labs division. In a memo cited by Business Insider, Meta’s chief AI officer Alexandr Wang said the company would continue to “hire industry-leading AI-native talent” while focusing on enabling the division to “move faster.”

Meta has also introduced automation in recruitment, using AI-assisted interviews and code assessments to evaluate candidates. Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said earlier this year that the company expects to deploy an AI agent capable of performing the work of a mid-level engineer by the end of the year.

These moves demonstrate how Meta and other technology giants are using automation not only as a product capability but as a cost-efficiency and workforce strategy.