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Facebook accused of allowing sexist job advertising


Facebook accused of allowing sexist job advertising

September 10, 2021 at 4:06 AM

Facebook has been accused of breaking equality law in the way it handles job adverts.Campaign group Global Witness said it failed to prevent discriminatory targeting of ads and its algorithm was biased in choosing who would see them.In an experiment, almost all Facebook users shown adverts for mechanics were men, while ads for nursery nurses were seen almost exclusively by women.

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