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> since all the ratings are from other "users". Posting racially-discriminating for-rent ads gets both the landlord and the newspaper in trouble. "We're just
by DenisM 7y ago
> since all the ratings are from other "users".
Posting racially-discriminating for-rent ads gets both the landlord and the newspaper in trouble. "We're just a platform" doesn't work as an excuse.
It's also not hard to detect statistically - with enough data you can see that a given driver is giving worse ratings to protected class members compared to similar drivers at the same time and place.
- Scoundreller 7y agoThat requires Uber to know the class of its riders. And the account holder won’t account for all riders (and could be different than the account holder entirely).
- DenisM 7y agoRiders can self-select into a protected class, maybe? This will of course lead to a situation where some hooligans opt into a protected class just to mess with the system. Even still, on large number of rides it will even out.
- DuskStar 7y agoBut everyone is a member of a protected class. Some people might not be members of historically disadvantaged protected classes, but the relevant laws don't discriminate in that way. ('Men' is a protected class. 'Women' is a protected class. And 'Other' is a protected class, too.)