ACLU Says Facebook Enabled Companies to Target Job Ads to Male Users

Charges have been filed against the social network, 10 advertisers

Facebook’s job application tool, which was rolled out in February 2017 to carve into LinkedIn’s dominance in that sector, just hit its first speed bump.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) teamed up with Communications Workers of America and workers’ rights law firm Outten & Golden to file charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Facebook and 10 companies that advertised jobs via its platform, claiming unlawful discrimination and saying that the advertisers used the social network’s targeting capabilities to deliver their ads solely to male users.

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