Facebook accused of allowing sexist job advertising

Summary by Ground News

Campaign group Global Witness said it failed to prevent discriminatory targeting of ads. Almost all Facebook users shown adverts for mechanics were men. Ads for nursery nurses were seen almost exclusively by women. Facebook says its system shows people ads they may be most interested in. It says it is exploring extending limits on the targeting of job, housing and credit ads to other countries.

9 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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