EPP calls on LinkedIn to disable the DIR feature which injects race and other protected statuses into the candidate pools promoted by LinkedIn’s algorithms: “Discrimination by algorithm is still discrimination, and LinkedIn needs to stop.”
LinkedIn is one of the most influential platforms for seeking employment and recruiting employees. LinkedIn offers various programs and tools for both candidates and recruiters/employers, with a core promise of non-discrimination in all aspects of the process.
In addition to legal requirements, LinkedIn has made contractual promises of non-discrimination that are consistent with Students for Fair Admissions. Yet your platform contradicts those promises by embedding racial and other protected classifications into the job recruiting process through the use of algorithms that drive the DIR feature.
LinkedIn has not responded to us as to the July 5, 2023, letter , but it did provide a statement to the NY Post which covered our letter,A conservative legal watchdog group is demanding that LinkedIn take down its “Diversity in Recruiting” feature, claiming it’s in violation of last week’s Supreme Court ruling against race-based affirmative action in higher education.
In a statement to the Post, LinkedIn defended its diversity efforts for members and job hunters as proper. But the lawyers disputed the company’s explanation, saying LinkedIn is the one sorting and filtering members based on race, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation for the recruiters. “LinkedIn’s filtering of demographic data to manipulate pools of applicants to achieve diversity violates these principles,” Jacobson continued….
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