Facebook Job Ads That Let Employers Exclude Women Are Clear Civil Rights Violation, Says ACLU
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"We can't let gender-based ad targeting online give new life to a form of discrimination that should have been eradicated long ago."
by: Jake Johnson
"Despite the progress we have made, stereotypes and biases clearly still influence corporate hiring strategies," Sara Steffens, secretary-treasurer of the CWA, concluded in a statement on Tuesday. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
"Facebook is violating federal civil rights law. Period."
So declared the ACLU on Tuesday after announcing it has filed charges against the social media giant and ten other employers for illegally "excluding all women and non-binary" Facebook users from job advertisements.
"Shame on these employers for targeting ads based on gender, and shame on Facebook for facilitating this...