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Job ad algorithms are still sexist.

So says France’s equality watchdog, ruling Meta needs to improve its job listings, where mechanic roles are mostly being shown to men, with preschool teacher ads going to women. We’ve been talking about sexism in job algorithms for a decade now, including at Facebook, but apparently some things never change. [Link: Facebook’s job ads algorithm is sexist, French equality watchdog rules | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/05/facebook-job-ads-algorithm-is-sexist-french-equality-watchdog-rules | the Guardian]

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So says France’s equality watchdog, ruling Meta needs to improve its job listings, where mechanic roles are mostly being shown to men, with preschool teacher ads going to women. We’ve been talking about sexism in job algorithms for a decade now , including at Facebook , but apparently some things never change.

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