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Amazon Manager Definitely Not In Her Prime

With the rise in popularity of social media platforms and the internet, comes paying the price of your personal information being more vulnerable to intruders. For instance, as of 2020 Instagram has officially reached 1 billion monthly active users and more than 500 million of those people utilize the platform everyday. (Mohsin 2019) 
Social media is typically thought about as a way for users to engage and share moments from their personal life. If you have social media, you probably try to keep that separate from your professional life. There is no need for you and your boss to be friends on Snapchat or Instagram.
Shockingly, in a recent article released by NBC News, an ex-Amazon manager was found to be looking up job applicants names on social media, so she could determine their gender and race. 
In further investigation, the ex-Amazon manager is arguing that they were told to do so. 
Whether it be the previously employed Amazon manager or an individual higher up in the company giving direction, someone needs to be held accountable for the discrimination that is happening. There should be absolutely no question behind what an individual looks like when considered a candidate for a job position. It is regulation that companies and their recruiters refrain from exhibiting that behavior and uphold reciprocated decency. It makes me sad to think that we still live in a world that is worried about what people look like and what they believe in. 


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