Google's algorithms advertise higher paying jobs to more men than women http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/7/8905037/google-ad-discrimination-adfisher … cc: @zeynep
@__apf__ @petergowen @adamshostack It is probably illegal to directly target jobs by gender. Big difference. Worse than algorithmic error.
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@zeynep@petergowen@adamshostack in the US. IIRC the companies targeting jobs to men were not American. -
@__apf__@petergowen@adamshostack No, there is US data in the paper. - Show replies
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@zeynep@__apf__@adamshostack Albeit certain ones are necessarily gendered, but yeah, on the whole, may be worse.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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