In early July, the top official at the U.S. Embassy in South Africa asked Washington if nonwhites could apply for a refugee program geared toward white South Africans if they met other requirements. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/26/world/politics/us-nonwhites-trump-south-african-refugees/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #southafrica #us #donaldtrump #discrimination #race #refugees #immigration
ProPublica
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Federal housing officials spent years investigating cities from #Chicago to Memphis to Corpus Christi for putting industrial plants and unwanted facilities in poor, nonwhite neighborhoods.
Now, under Trump, the agency plans to drop the cases.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-hud-drop-housing-discrimination-cases-housing-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
The field of artificial intelligence is dominated by white men — and that lack of diversity is reflected in the systems being built. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/12/tech/ai-diversity-crisis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #ai #women039sissues #jobs #race #discrimination
https://19thnews.org/2025/07/black-women-unemployment-jobs-warning-sign/
I've seen the past exonerative tense before, but the present continuous exonerative tense is special!
"Black women's unemployment is rising."🤡
All by itself? Magically?
The entire US, Dem and GOP, is going on close to 24 months straight of being publicly and loudly anti-civil rights (anti-DEI).
"Black women are more likely to work in the departments targeted by DOGE."
is like saying,
"Harbor seals are more likely to be found swimming in the water that happens to be rushing into a great white shark's rapidly opening mouth."🤡
Dudes have been open and vocal about their desire to drive Black women out of leadership positions in the federal government, higher education, and private industry. That's their goal.
And yet, we still talk about these outcomes as if they're just an unfortunate side effect of generalized downturns.
@mekkaokereke How exactly is this rising unemployment of Black women (another others) happening and what countermoves are being made? Unbreaking has a page for that: https://unbreaking.org/issues/equality-at-work-decimating-the-federal-workforce/
#DEI#FederalWorkers#USpol#BlackWomen#LGBTQIA#Women #discrimination #civilrights
To ensure that lessons learned from misguided policy are passed on to future generations, former Hansen's disease patients are speaking up about their experiences of discrimination. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/07/japan/japan-hansens-disease-discrimination-history/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #leprosy #health #discrimination #akita
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told Pride organizers in late February not to bother preparing for the parade, with parliament then passing a bill banning such events. The organizers decided to rebel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/07/world/society/budapest-pride-organizers-orban/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #budapest #viktororban #lgbtq #europe #eu #discrimination
The Meta Pixel makes the situation worse.
The Pixel is embedded in other websites and sends data about their visitors back to Meta to be used for ad targeting.
So people with problematic gambling habits could be flooded with gambling ads.
Find out more ⬇️
#meta #adtech #privacy #discrimination #facebook #instagram #ukpolitics #ukpol #surveillancecapitalism #gambling #advertising
Your data, your choice ✊
In a recent case against Meta's surveillance advertising model, they conceded that users have the right to object to their personal data being used for targeted ads.
Use our tool to tell Meta #StopStalkerAds ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/meta-opt-out
#meta #adtech #privacy #discrimination #facebook #instagram #ukpolitics #ukpol #surveillancecapitalism
Meta's murky ad system uses your personal data to sell adverts 💸
What we know about how ads are targeted isn't consistent. This means advertisers can use proxy data on the DL that can cause discrimination against users.
Read our latest report ⬇️
#meta #adtech #privacy #discrimination #facebook #instagram #threads #ukpolitics #ukpol #surveillancecapitalism #advertising
Proxies can be created by training an algorithm with historical data about user activity.
So associated characteristics can stand in for one that an advertiser wants to target.
This can reveal data which is protected by anti-discrimination and data processing laws.
#meta #adtech #privacy #discrimination #facebook #instagram #threads #ukpolitics #ukpol #surveillancecapitalism #advertising
There are many examples of discrimination and harm caused by profiling and ad targeting.
They include:
🔴 Gender discrimination in who sees job ads.
🔴 Racial discrimination in housing and education ads.
🔴 Predatory data collection and targeting by online gambling sites.
🔴 Inappropriate products promoted to under 18s.
🔴 Discriminatory and predatory advertising of credit.
Plus more.
#meta #adtech #privacy #discrimination #facebook #instagram #threads #ukpolitics #ukpol
There are some targeting restrictions on special category adverts, such as political ads and ‘Financial Products and Services’ ads.
But mainstream ads, including gambling ads, have fewer restrictions. This lack of transparency on Meta's Ad Library means discriminatory practices can fly under the radar.
There must be more rigorous levels of transparency so Meta and advertisers can be held to account.
#StopStalkerAds #meta #adtech #privacy #discrimination #facebook #instagram #ukpolitics #ukpol
Proxies can be created by training an algorithm with historical data about user activity.
So associated characteristics can stand in for one that an advertiser wants to target.
This can reveal data which is protected by anti-discrimination and data processing laws.
#meta #adtech #privacy #discrimination #facebook #instagram #threads #ukpolitics #ukpol #surveillancecapitalism #advertising
There are many examples of discrimination and harm caused by profiling and ad targeting.
They include:
🔴 Gender discrimination in who sees job ads.
🔴 Racial discrimination in housing and education ads.
🔴 Predatory data collection and targeting by online gambling sites.
🔴 Inappropriate products promoted to under 18s.
🔴 Discriminatory and predatory advertising of credit.
Plus more.
#meta #adtech #privacy #discrimination #facebook #instagram #threads #ukpolitics #ukpol
There are some targeting restrictions on special category adverts, such as political ads and ‘Financial Products and Services’ ads.
But mainstream ads, including gambling ads, have fewer restrictions. This lack of transparency on Meta's Ad Library means discriminatory practices can fly under the radar.
There must be more rigorous levels of transparency so Meta and advertisers can be held to account.
#StopStalkerAds #meta #adtech #privacy #discrimination #facebook #instagram #ukpolitics #ukpol
The Meta Pixel makes the situation worse.
The Pixel is embedded in other websites and sends data about their visitors back to Meta to be used for ad targeting.
So people with problematic gambling habits could be flooded with gambling ads.
Find out more ⬇️
#meta #adtech #privacy #discrimination #facebook #instagram #ukpolitics #ukpol #surveillancecapitalism #gambling #advertising
Meta's murky ad system uses your personal data to sell adverts 💸
What we know about how ads are targeted isn't consistent. This means advertisers can use proxy data on the DL that can cause discrimination against users.
Read our latest report ⬇️
#meta #adtech #privacy #discrimination #facebook #instagram #threads #ukpolitics #ukpol #surveillancecapitalism #advertising
Jim Killock
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Bring ads out of the shadows!
ORG’s new report reveals that we know less about gambling ads than anti-gambling ads on Meta.
In a surveillance advertising system that collects and processes tons of personal data to target users with ads, this secrecy puts people at risk of discrimination.
Read our latest report ⬇️
#adtech #meta #surveillancecapitalism #discrimination #facebook #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol
Jim Killock
boosted
With great data comes great responsibility.
At least it should. Instead Meta sees its users as cash cows.
So reclaim your privacy! Opt out of your personal data getting used for profiling and targeted advertising.
Use our tool to #StopStalkerAds (UK residents) ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/meta-opt-out
#adtech #meta #surveillancecapitalism #discrimination #facebook #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol
Meta must not have differing transparency between advertising categories to make sure it's advertising system doesn't fuel discrimination.
ORG is calling for:
⚫️ ALL ads on Meta’s platforms to have more rigorous transparency, so advertisers and Meta can be held to account.
⚫️ Access to Meta’s Ad Library to be freely accessible without needing a Meta account.
#adtech #meta #surveillancecapitalism #discrimination #facebook #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol
Meta knows a lot about its users, which is used to sell targeted adverts.
While there are restrictions on how audience selection tools are used to guard against direct discrimination, proxy data like interests, living arrangements or employment status give advertisers a work around.
The lack of transparency means people who are susceptible to gambling can be preyed upon with little scrutiny.
#adtech #meta #surveillancecapitalism #discrimination #facebook #privacy #ukpolitics
Cette semaine j'ai eu une expérience extrêmement humiliante comme non-voyant. Je cherche du boulot (dévloppeur backend #PHP et #DotNet/#CSharp), et une société m'a contacté ici à Strasbourg. La personne RH était bienveillante, l'entretien s'est bien passé, puis on m'a fait venir chez eux pour discuter avec leur engineering manager.
J'ai prévenu dès la première conversation que j'étais complètement non-voyant, c'est-à-dire aveugle. Oké, m'a-t-on dit, pas d'soucis, si tu passes notre test, tu peux bien travailler chez nous.
Ils m'ont donné un test, une petite API à faire chez moi ce que j'ai fait dès le début (fichier Docker compose, base de données, tout le tralala avec les tests). Ils m'ont dit que tiens, ton test est super bon, « même j'ai pas pensé aux tests que tu as fait », m'a dit le lead dev.
C'était la fin décembre, et avant les vacances on m'a rassuré que tout va bien, que le test est bon, et même on m'a nommé le montant approximatif du salaire.
Quand je suis venu pour débriffer le test, on m'a laissé comprendre qu'en fait c'est l'entretien final. Bien sûr que je ne faisais rien pendant ce mois de janvier, croyant naïvement que le boulot était dans ma poche.
Quand j'ai commencé à parler avec le CTO, il m'a soudainement dit que, premièrement, il n'est pas possible de choisir le système d'exploitation et on est tous sur des Mac, même les sales et customer support. Oké, ai-je pensé, on va s'débrouiller (malgré le fait que j'en ai beaucoup parlé avant). Puis il m'a sorti le suivant : « Tu sais, il faut que tous nos développeurs voient des maquettes que les PM dessinent, et on les discute aux sessions de grooming ». Attends attends, lui ai-je dit, mais je suis backend, quel est le rapport entre moi et le fameux pixel perfect design ? «Mais ouais, tu sais, ici tout le monde fait comme ça, tu sais, faut voir des maquettes, gna gna gna ». Et en plus, m'a-t-il dit, les gens customer support travaillent qu'avec des vidéos. « Quoi ?! » — j'ai déjà compris qu'on ne voulait pas de moi, mais quand même. donc, ai-je demandé, c'est si difficile de copier-coller le texte d'erreur que le backend leur montre ? C'est si difficile de décrire un ticket normal en texte, comme tout le monde le fait ? « Mais tu sais, ils sont comme ça, les vidéos c'est plus rapide, plus facile, gna gna gna, patati-patata ».
Et bien sûr, on m'a appelé pour dire qu'on veut pas de moi.
Je suis vraiment choqué par cette attitude et si je savais quoi faire, je voudrais agir. #Accessibilité#NonVoyants#Aveugles#Discrimination