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Google's new rules clamp down on discriminatory housing, job and credit ads

Google and Facebook together account for just over half of internet ad sales globally, making their policy actions influential in the industry

Google's new rules clamp down on discriminatory housing, job and credit ads
Updated On : 12 Jun 2020 | 1:37 PM IST

Facebook sued over allegations of hiding job ads from women: Report

Facebook is once again embroiled in a controversy in the US after the social media giant was accused of giving employers a powerful tool to discriminate against women seeking work, according to media reports. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Outten & Golden LLP, an employment law firm, on Tuesday dragged the tech giant and ten employers before the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a federal agency that handles claims of workplace discrimination and other civil rights abuses, the Washington Post reported. The women job seekers accused Facebook for targeting advertisements for jobs in male-dominated fields to younger male Facebook users only, excluding all women and non-binary individuals, as well as older male users. "Sex segregated job advertising has historically been used to shut women out of well-paying jobs and economic opportunities," Galen Sherwin, an attorney with the ACLU Women's Rights Project, said in a statement. "We can't let gender-based ad ...

Facebook sued over allegations of hiding job ads from women: Report
Updated On : 19 Sep 2018 | 2:02 PM IST

Companies are using Facebook to exclude older workers from job ads

Several experts questioned whether the practice is in keeping with the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, which prohibits bias against people 40 or older in hiring or employment

Companies are using Facebook to exclude older workers from job ads
Updated On : 25 Dec 2017 | 10:11 AM IST