People walk in the Facebook main campus in Menlo Park, California. Veneszee said he filed the complaint after his objections to managers over treatment of African Americans went nowhere. It was filed as a class action to represent other Black people who’ve faced discrimination inside the company, as well as those who claim they were unfairly denied jobs with the social network. — AFP
Facebook Inc was accused of systemic discrimination in hiring, compensation and promotion of Black people in a complaint to federal civil rights authorities.
Thursday’s complaint to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by a Washington-based operations programme manager adds pressure on the social network, which is facing an advertising boycott over its failure to remove violent, divisive, racist and discriminatory posts. Along with other major tech companies, it has also faced criticism for its lack of diversity.
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