Several federal government departments — including the Canada Border Services Agency, the Correctional Service of Canada and the RCMP — have restricted who can see their job ads on Facebook by age, which could violate Canadian human rights law. Ten of the 12 ads targeted Nunavut Inuit and excluded "all non Nunavut Inuit." The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada ran Facebook ads in June 2018 to recruit members for the Refugee Protection Division. A risk of lawsuitsAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada said it had used microtargeting for 13 job ads but did not spell out how they were microtargeted. NDP MP Charlie Angus says the government has to send a clear message to departments that microtargeting job ads by age isn't acceptable.

Source: CBC News May 29, 2019 07:52 UTC