Mechanized sexism is extremely common in the work place. Interestingly, Facebook allows the targeting of job abs by gender. This results in discrimination in online job advertisements for male dominated jobs. It is important to know that tis practice has long been illegal in print media – but Facebook’s targeting tools encourage it.
This gender discrimination affects whether women can see this online job advertisements which ultimately is unfair. Facebook has recently been under fire for their illegal advertising practices. The social media platform has repeatedly refused to take responsibility for their actions. #LIS4022spr20
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/oct/11/tech-gender-problem-amazon-facebook-bias-women
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