Facebook Tools Are Used to Screen Out Older Job Seekers, Lawsuit Claims

Re:Facebook Tools Are Used to Screen Out Older Job Seekers, ... by conanbatt on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @10:16AM (#17179337)

Media has never been responsible of showing the user all the information, they have control over what and how they say it.

I also think that having such a hard-line reasoning doesnt accept the fact that criterias for discrimination are boundless, and that force will only be able to punish a very small subset.

Have to find an alternate way of dealing with changes of this sort than punishment and state threats.

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Re:Facebook Tools Are Used to Screen Out Older Job Seekers, ... by imgabe on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @11:05AM (#17179770)

Yes, there are boundless ways to discriminate. Legally, most of them are irrelevant. We've picked a few well-defined things like race, gender, age, religion, marital status, etc. and said "These things you can't discriminate on". If you want to not hire someone because they wore a blue shirt and you hate blue shirts, you can do that.

Further, these aren't punished by force. The remedy is a civil lawsuit, not a criminal complaint.

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