LinkedIn got into a scandalous story

A small recruiting site Toptal accused of “extreme sexism” social network for business people LinkedIn.

The reason for this was that the company blocked the site's advertising, because it used a photo of a beautiful software developer from Argentina named Florencia Antara.

Toptal has outraged the requirement to use images related to the content of ads.

“We witnessed the extreme manifestation of sexism in the high-tech community, and on the part of the industry leader and our advertising partner, with whom we work very actively,” stated Toptal CEO Taso Du Val in connection with the incident. .
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Duval writes that their company attempted to restore an ad with a photo of Florence Antara, but LinkedIn simply blocked their account. Resuming the profile was possible only after Toptal changed the photo. As a result, the recruiting site made public complaints about the social network. A LinkedIn spokesman eventually pleaded guilty to their company in the incident. “Since our service operated a standard technical process for reviewing advertisements, Toptal ads were rejected by mistake. We have already taken all the necessary measures to confirm previously declined ads, and Toptal can now launch them on our platform, as was originally intended, ”he explained to the publication.



Specialists also noticed that the difficulty was partly due to the fact that small recruiting companies use stock photos and portraits of actresses to attract attention. "All this is complete nonsense," said Duval. “The fact is that women can be just as good specialists as men, but LinkedIn blocked the banner with a photo of a beautiful woman. With male portraits, we had no such problem. ” This, according to Toptal CEO, indicates that the problem of gender inequality has already penetrated into the high-tech industry.