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Twitter Apologises For Adverts For Neo-Nazis
Twitter says sorry after it is found that it’s ad tool allowed for discriminatory terms to be used for targetted adverts
Google Allegedly Targeted Racial Groups To Aid Facial Recognition – Report
Search engine allegedly used ‘deceptive practices’ to collect facial scans of coloured people, according to US media report
Judge Orders IBM To Hand Over Documents In Age Discrimination Case
Big Blue CEO Ginni Rometty ordered to hand over memos as part of age discrimination lawsuit
Google Staff Meet To Discuss Corporate Retaliation For Walkout
‘Town Hall’ meeting after staff allege Google regularly retaliates against employees who speak out
Twitter Boss Meets President Trump In Oval Office
Donald Trump asks Jack Dorsey about fluctuations in follower numbers, after accusing platform of discrimination
Microsoft Turns Down Police Contract Over AI Bias Concerns
Ethical use of AI prompted Redmond to turn down chance to win police facial recognition contract
Tech Firms Face Test On Their Algorithms For Bias
Computer algorithms and artificial intelligence systems will be required to show they are neutral on race, gender and other biases
Uber ‘Appropriately’ Investigated Allegations Against HR Chief
The transport firm’s head of human resources, Liane Hornsey, resigned this week following a discrimination probe
Intel Faces Age Discrimination Allegations Over Layoffs – Report
Chip giant become latest tech firm to be investigated over alleged age bias by axing mostly older staff
Report Alleges IBM Age Discrimination With Layoffs
Big Blue allegedly flouts rules against age bias, axing mostly older staff and moving jobs overseas
Microsoft Hit By 238 Discrimination, Harassment Complaints
Not just Google. Microsoft female staff have filed over two hundred complaints in six year period
Google Stung By Lawsuit Alleging Recruitment Bias
Workforce diversity at Google is under the spotlight again, as a former recruiter alleges bias against white and Asian men
Google Hit With Second Discrimination Lawsuit
Former Google engineer alleges discrimination after he was fired for opposing discrimination
Google Fires Author Of Controversial Diversity Memo
The internal memo, which argued Google’s diversity practices were ‘discriminatory’, caused a backlash both within and outside the company
Google Disowns Anti-Diversity Document That Spurred Backlash
Google has said it doesn’t endorse the views in a 10-page document criticising the company’s diversity policies, which drew a heated response from critics
Oracle Hit By ‘Politically Motivated’ US Government Job Discrimination Lawsuit
Oracle is accused of paying white, male workers more than their counterparts and favouring Asian workers for technical roles
Tinder Sued Over Sexual Harassment, Discrimination
The dating start-up’s former vice president of marketing has sued the company over alleged gender discrimination