LinkedIn is stuck in a scandalous story

Toptal, a small recruiting site, accused LinkedIn of “extreme sexism”.

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 was outraged by the requirement to use images related to the content of ads.

“We have witnessed the extreme manifestation of sexism in the high technology community, and on the part of the industry leader and our advertising partner with whom we are very active,” said Taso Du Val, CEO of Toptal .

Duvall writes that their company tried to restore an ad with a photo of Florence Antara, but LinkedIn simply blocked their account. Renewal of the profile became 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. “Because our service had a standard ad review process, Toptal ads were rejected by mistake. We have already taken all necessary measures to confirm the previously rejected ads, and Toptal can now run them on our platform, as it was originally intended, ”he explained to the publication.



Experts also noticed that the difficulty has partially arisen due to the fact that small recruiting companies use stock photos and portraits of actresses in their advertising to attract attention. “This is all nonsense,” Duvall said. - The fact is that women can be as wonderful specialists as men, but LinkedIn blocked the banner with a photo of a beautiful woman. We had no such problem with male portraits. ” This, according to the CEO of Toptal, indicates that the problem of gender inequality has already made its way into the high-tech industry.