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Re:ACLU files charges against Facebook for targeting job ads... by namirez on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @01:55PM (#18017575)
Totally! Given the demographics of their applicants, their ads should read "Men over 30 and women not need apply!". /s
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Re:ACLU files charges against Facebook for targeting job ads... by commandlinefan on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @01:59PM (#18017607)
You do realize that although no job ad has ever been worded that way, there actually are MANY job ads that specify "female applicants only" and more and more "POC only" (or "strongly preferred")?
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Re:ACLU files charges against Facebook for targeting job ads... by namirez on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @02:08PM (#18017686)
I've never seen such ads in my entire engineering career. But if they do exist as you suggest, it must be a "bona fide occupational qualification" or it's not legal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bona_fide_occupational_qualifi...
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