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Uber deactivated some transgender drivers' accounts for 'fraudulent' photos

1cvmask 5y ago
I wonder if we never heard of other groups who got deactivated because they were Sikh of shaved their beards or grew one.
- weddpros 5y ago
  My online bank account was shut because AI couldn't identify me on photos for KYC. I grew older in 30 years, who knew... I hate KYC with a passion.
jjk166 5y ago
While terribly inconvenient, in a way it must be flattering that your transition went so well someone looking at old photos of you still can't believe you ever once lived as a different gender.
- SilasX 5y ago
  lol like that ad for Just For Men hair coloring that has a police officer looking at an ID and saying “this isn’t you, it’s some older guy”.
- gremloni 5y ago
  Or as a different race with transracial people for that matter. Sosa is pretty high profile but I’ve seen a large community in NYC and the boroughs
- sterlind 5y ago
  It is such a good feeling. One time I showed my ID to get a hotel room and the receptionist politely told me my boyfriend had to actually be here, I couldn't just use his ID. He got so awkward when I explained we were the same person, it was delightful!
lotyrin 5y ago
Can we please fix the title? Transgender is not a noun.
- floatingatoll 5y ago
  The only certain way to request title changes is to email the site mods using the footer contact link.
- xyzzy4747 5y ago
  Transgender wasn't even a word until 1965: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/transgender https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/transgender
- deleted 5y ago
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- CapitalistCartr 5y ago
  It's being used as an adjective here. I think.
  - lotyrin 5y ago
    It is now. It's been fixed.
floatingatoll 5y ago
LinkedIn has a tendency to flag gender changes on accounts for similar reasons, but unlike Uber, they just request paperwork proof. It seems likely that either Uber’s HR chatbot was programmed by, or its termination criteria were set by, non-trans men; as (in the Western culture where Uber is based) women are often familiar with fighting with name change problems, and (in all cultures) trans people are accustomed to being flagged by machine algorithms for transitioning.

I wonder if we never heard of other groups who got deactivated because they were Sikh of shaved their beards or grew one.

weddpros 5y ago
My online bank account was shut because AI couldn't identify me on photos for KYC. I grew older in 30 years, who knew... I hate KYC with a passion.

jjk166 5y ago

While terribly inconvenient, in a way it must be flattering that your transition went so well someone looking at old photos of you still can't believe you ever once lived as a different gender.

SilasX 5y ago
lol like that ad for Just For Men hair coloring that has a police officer looking at an ID and saying “this isn’t you, it’s some older guy”.
gremloni 5y ago
Or as a different race with transracial people for that matter. Sosa is pretty high profile but I’ve seen a large community in NYC and the boroughs
sterlind 5y ago
It is such a good feeling. One time I showed my ID to get a hotel room and the receptionist politely told me my boyfriend had to actually be here, I couldn't just use his ID. He got so awkward when I explained we were the same person, it was delightful!

lotyrin 5y ago

Can we please fix the title? Transgender is not a noun.

floatingatoll 5y ago
The only certain way to request title changes is to email the site mods using the footer contact link.
xyzzy4747 5y ago
Transgender wasn't even a word until 1965: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/transgender https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/transgender
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CapitalistCartr 5y ago
It's being used as an adjective here. I think.
- lotyrin 5y ago
  It is now. It's been fixed.

floatingatoll 5y ago

LinkedIn has a tendency to flag gender changes on accounts for similar reasons, but unlike Uber, they just request paperwork proof. It seems likely that either Uber’s HR chatbot was programmed by, or its termination criteria were set by, non-trans men; as (in the Western culture where Uber is based) women are often familiar with fighting with name change problems, and (in all cultures) trans people are accustomed to being flagged by machine algorithms for transitioning.