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The French equalities regulator has ruled that Facebook’s algorithm for placing job adverts is sexist, after an investigation found that adverts for mechanic roles skewed towards men while those for preschool teachers were targeted at women.

The Défenseur des Droits watchdog said the Facebook system for targeted job ads treated users differently based on their sex, and constituted indirect discrimination. The regulator recommended that Facebook and its parent company, Meta, took measures to ensure adverts were non-discriminatory, giving the company three months to inform the French body of the measures.

In its ruling, the regulator said the “system implemented for disseminating job offers treats users of the Facebook platform differently based on their sex and constitutes indirect discrimination related to sex”.

The watchdog’s decision came after Global Witness, a campaign group whose remit includes investigating big tech’s impact on human rights, posted adverts on Facebook containing links to a range of jobs in countries including France, the UK, Ireland and South Africa.

The study found that in France specifically nine out of 10 people shown an advert for mechanic vacancies were male, while the same proportion of recipients of ads for preschool teachers were female. Eight out of 10 people who saw ads for psychologist positions were women, while seven out of 10 ads for pilots were viewed by men.

Global Witness, together with French women’s rights organisations the Foundation for Women (La Fondation des Femmes) and Women Engineers (Femmes Ingénieurs), which had complained to the rights body, welcomed the ruling.

“This appears to be the first time a European regulator has decided that a social media platform’s algorithm discriminates by gender, presenting a major step forward in holding these platforms accountable to existing law,” they said in a joint statement.

Josephine Shefet, a lawyer representing the complainants, said: “The decision sends a strong message to all digital platforms: They will be held accountable for such bias. The legal principle establishes an important precedent for future cases.”

Meta rejected the ruling. “We disagree with this decision and are assessing our options,” a spokesperson said.

In 2022, Meta agreed to change Facebook’s algorithms after the US Department of Justice alleged the platform’s housing advertising system discriminated against users based on characteristics including race, religion and sex.

Pleasanton, Calif., Nov. 5, 2025 — Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), the enterprise AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, today announced that it has been named to the Inc. Power Partner Awards list. This marks the second consecutive year Workday has been recognized on this prestigious list, which honors B2B organizations that have proven track records supporting entrepreneurs and helping small and midsize organizations grow.

“Running a growing business today means juggling a thousand priorities with limited time and technology,” said Max Wessel, senior vice president of growth, Workday. “Workday is helping to change that by giving any business fast, affordable access to the same powerful AI and real-time insights used by the world’s largest enterprises—so they can run smarter, manage costs better, and scale with confidence.”

Workday GO Delivers Enterprise Power to Growing Businesses

Workday is dedicated to making its best-in-class, AI-powered platform accessible and impactful for organizations of nearly any size. While the company serves more than 65% of the Fortune 500, 75% of its customers have fewer than 3,500 employees, underscoring its commitment to the emerging and medium enterprise market. To better meet these businesses’ specific needs, Workday introduced Workday GO as a scalable solution to help growing organizations unify data, simplify complexity, and gain real-time insights across finance and HR, enabling them to streamline operations and scale with confidence for long-term success.

Workday GO provides all the features and capabilities of Workday in a package and at a price designed for small and midsize organizations. It brings together Workday’s industry-leading HR and finance solutions, transparent pricing, and fast activation to get organizations up and running in as little as 60 days. With Workday GO, customers can:

• Put AI to work, faster: It provides the right data in one place to use AI to save time and run the business more efficiently.
• Make smarter, faster decisions: It allows users to see what’s happening across the business to help control costs, keep teams focused, and plan for what’s next.
• Simplify the back office: It automates and connects key financial and operational tasks to help reduce risk and stay ready for growth.

“As a fast-growing company, the ability to start small and incrementally add Workday products as we grow was a significant factor in our decision to leverage Workday GO,” said Alba Castro, director of human resources, Prime Time International. “The rapid deployment allowed us to transition to benefits enrollment in less than a month after going live, providing immediate value to our employees.”

“As a smaller organization with limited resources and time, we needed a solution we could implement quickly and efficiently,” said Nikki Witherspoon, director of business operations, RAVN Aerospace. “That’s exactly what we got with Workday GO – we were up and running and were able to pay our employees in less than three months.”

For More Information

• Take a deeper look at how Workday GO is powering small and midsize enterprises here.
• Read more about how Workday helps simplify HR and Finance for small and midsize businesses here.
• View the complete list of honorees here.

About Workday

Workday is the enterprise AI platform for managing people, money, and agents. Workday unifies HR and Finance on one intelligent platform with AI at the core to empower people at every level with the clarity, confidence, and insights they need to adapt quickly, make better decisions, and deliver outcomes that matter. Workday is used by more than 11,000 organizations around the world and across industries – from medium-sized businesses to more than 65% of the Fortune 500. For more information about Workday, visit workday.com.

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