Enlarge / Entertainment Studios Networks founder Byron Allen at Universal Studios Hollywood on April 26, 2018, in Universal City, California. (credit: Getty Images | Noel Vasquez ) A US appeals court ruling today said that cable companies do not have a First Amendment right to discriminate against minority-run TV channels. Charter, the second-largest US cable […]
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Do Pro-Women Groups on Campus Discriminate Against Men?
The U.S. Education Department opened investigations into whether scholarships and professional networking groups intended to support women at Yale University and the University of Southern California violate federal law by discriminating against men.
Voter ID Laws Really Do Discriminate, a New Study Shows
Critics of voter ID laws have had a difficult time proving their menace in court. A new algorithm could change that. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a4d6b9c0dc4145084a316bf/master/pass/RacialBiasVoting-FeatureArt.jpg Feed: All Latest
ProPublica: Facebook advertisers can still discriminate by race
A year ago, ProPublica discovered that Facebook let advertisers select who would see ads based on ‘ethnic affinity.’ Because the social network doesn’t ask users to disclose their racial identity, Facebook collects data and assigns each a preference for content that aligns with those the network believes coincide with an ethnic group. Advertisers then had […]
