Tag: discrimination
School worker who lost job days before she was eligible for pension wins age discrimination tribunal
Bullying, harassment and discrimination in every fire service in England, report reveals
Ex-Tesla Factory Worker Takes the Stand in Racial Discrimination Trial
An ex-Tesla factory worker took the stand following a lawsuit he filed against the company for racial discrimination from mid-2015 through 2016. Owen Diaz, a Black former escalator worker at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California claims he was subjected to racially discriminatory comments and actions from his…
700 music people call on government to help tackle discrimination and harassment in the music industry
RAF chief admits mistakes over ‘discrimination’ against white men
Meta’s new ad policy further protects teen privacy and tackles discrimination
: FTC reportedly investigating Coke, Pepsi for price discrimination
Meta Releases New Government-Backed Ad Delivery System After Housing Discrimination Lawsuit
Nearly seven months have passed since Meta agreed to settle a Department of Justice lawsuit accusing the company of illegally allowing discrimination against its users based on race and other characteristics in its housing advertising system. Now the company says it’s finally ready to release a new machine learning…
Meta’s new ad system addresses allegations that it enabled housing discrimination
Meta’s launching a new ad distribution system in the US as part of the settlement it reached with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) last year. In an announcement on its site, Meta says its new Variance Reduction System (VRS) will create a more “equitable distribution of ads” on the company’s platforms, addressing claims that the platform propagated housing discrimination by letting advertisers exclude protected groups from their marketing campaigns.
Meta has contended with these kinds of accusations for years, dating back to a 2016 report from ProPublica that reveals how advertisers could shut out users based on their race.
Things came to a head when the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) filed a lawsuit against the…