A group of women jobseekers, working with the Communications Workers of America and the American Civil Liberties Union, are "filing charges with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Tuesday against Facebook and 9 employers," reports the New York Times.
It's a simple case, as least in abstraction: Facebook let job advertisers target users by gender, but it is a violation of federal law to discriminate on the basis of gender or to aid and abet such discrimination.
"That seems pretty egregious," said Ms. Katz, who specializes in bringing discrimination cases. She said Facebook's technology made it akin to an employment agency. "The fact that they're using this tool to facilitate discrimination absolves neither the hiring business nor Facebook."
Facebook delenda est.
