Amazon will perform a racial equality audit of its hourly workersThe audit won't address racial and gender disparities in the company's corporate workforce. By A. Khalid, 04.19.2022
NYC bill bans AI recruiting tools that fail bias checksJobseekers would also get more transparency for the hiring process.By J. Fingas, 11.20.2021
Tesla must pay $137 million in discrimination lawsuitA Black contract worker, Owen Diaz, had accused the company of racial abuse. By S. Dent, 10.05.2021
Twitter's AI bounty program reveals bias toward young, pretty white peopleThere are biases against the elderly and Arabic writing, too.By J. Fingas, 08.10.2021
English soccer to boycott social media for four days over racist abuseClubs are hoping to persuade Twitter and Facebook to clamp down on online hate.By S. Shah, 04.26.2021
A Hulu docuseries based on the The New York Times' 1619 Project is on the wayThe Pulitzer-winning project examined the history of slavery in the US.By K. Holt, 04.01.2021
Apple's upcoming iOS update unblocks 'Asian' as adult contentScreen Time's adult filter has been blocking search queries with 'Asian' in them.By M. Moon, 03.31.2021
Peacock is removing racist scenes from classic WWE matchesLike Disney, NBCU is grappling with a troubled streaming library.By J. Fingas, 03.27.2021
Facebook reportedly investigated over 'systemic' racism in hiringIt allegedly enabled discrimination against Black job candidates.By J. Fingas, 03.06.2021
EA bans a FIFA player for life after racist abuse of ex-footballer Ian WrightThe teen sent the messages to Wright after losing an Ultimate Team game.By K. Holt, 03.03.2021
Apple's parental controls prevent kids from searching for 'Asian' thingsThe company apparently thinks I am adult content.By C. Velazco, 02.04.2021
Disney+ restricts kids from watching content with racist stereotypesChildren can no longer see movies like "Peter Pan" or "Aristocats" without a parent. By I. Bonifacic, 01.27.2021
Grindr will finally remove the app's ethnicity filterBetter late than never?By R. England, 06.02.2020
Two-thirds of online gamers in the US experience 'severe' harassmentAnd according to an ADL survey, nearly 30 percent have been doxxed.By C. Fisher, 07.25.2019
Facebook enables advertisers to exclude users by 'ethnic affinity'It lets them target relevant users, but discrimination is forbidden.By D. Lumb, 10.28.2016