Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-02-24 16:12:35 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 3482F33955540F0FDDCDD5068B3F886F3F4992D83B213800EE63ECD80A3EFA64
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Original Note:
The claim that Microsoft hires and promotes “exclusively based on merrit” is false according to Microsoft itself which maintains a “racial equity initiative commitment” https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/11/01/microsofts-2023-diversity-and-inclusion-report-a-decade-of-transparency-commitment-and-progress/#:~:text=The%20number%20of%20Black%20and,up%20from%2092.0%25%20in%202022. This violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 https://www.eeoc.gov/statutes/title-vii-civil-rights-act-1964
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