Facebook ad delivery system shows different ads to women and men
Facebook ad delivery system showed different job ads to women and men, according to independent r esearchers . An independent audit by researchers at the University of Southern California discovered that Facebook’s ad-delivery system had been withholding showing job ads to women, even though the jobs require the same qualifications. Bias of this type is considered sex-based discrimination under US equal employment opportunity law. Technology Review pointed out that the findings come despite years of advocacy and lawsuits, and after promises from Facebook to overhaul how it delivers ads. System 🤖 Facebook ad delivery system Developer: Meta/Facebook Country: USA Sector: Business/professional services Purpose: Target audiences Technology: Advertising management system Issue: Bias/discrimination Investigations, assessments, audits 👁️ Imana B., et al (2021). Auditing for Discrimination in Algorithms Delivering Job Ads
- Date it happened
- 2021-03-01
- Organisation involved
- Product, system or model
- Facebook Ads Manager
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