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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing Facebook on behalf of three women job seekers who accused the social media giant of posting ads that are shown only to men.
The ACLU, along with the Communications Workers of America and the employment law firm Outten & Golden LLP, on Tuesday filed charges with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Facebook.
Facebook Targeting Job for Male-dominated Fields
The women job seekers accused Fb, for targeting ads for jobs in male-dominated fields to younger male Facebook users only. They are excluding all women and non-binary individuals, as well as older male users.
“The case brought on behalf of three job seekers and the Communications Workers of America, on behalf of a proposed class of millions of job applicants. It alleges that these job advertising practices violate federal civil rights laws prohibiting sex and age discrimination in employment.,” Galen Sherwin from ACLU Women’s Rights Project wrote in a blog post.
Facebook requires users to identify their sex in the binary Categories
Facebook requires users to identify their sex in the binary categories of male or female in order to open an account. “While users can later change their sex designation and select from among a few dozen options to describe their gender identity. FB still requires users to choose gendered pronouns (male, female, or neutral). Which it then offers to advertisers for purposes of gender-based ad targeting.
There is no place for discrimination
The lawsuit claimed that Facebook let 10 employers, including a police department, to run advertisements excluding women and nonbinary users.
FB responded to the allegations, saying there is no place for discrimination on Facebook.
“It’s strictly prohibited in our policies, and over the past year, we’ve strengthened our systems to further protect against misuse,” Download reported, quoting a Facebook spokesperson. FB is “reviewing the complaint and look forward to defending our practices,” the spokesperson added.
Facebook is not liable for content published by others
According to the ACLU, FB also offers advertisers the ability to use what it calls “Lookalike Targeting,”. It allows advertisers to target customers with traits similar to those of their customer base. It’s important to note that online platforms like FB, generally not liable for content published by others.
“But in this case, FB is doing much more than merely publishing content created by others. It has built the architecture for this discriminatory marketing framework, enabled and encouraged advertisers to use it. And delivered the gender-based ads according to employers’ sex-based preferences,” the ACLU emphasized.
Facebook must change its platform to prevent advertisers from exploiting user data for discriminatory purposes. And ensure for all users, regardless of gender, age, or other protected status, given a fair shake, said the ACLU.
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