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OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada is refusing to hear Facebook’s challenge to an authorization of class action against it in Quebec, allowing the case to move forward.
A Quebec woman, Lyse Beaulieu, argues she has been discriminated against during her job search because old Facebook policies allowed advertisers to target certain age groups at the expense of others.
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Facebook has since changed its policy, but Beaulieu, who was 63 to 65 years old during her job search, filed for a class action involving all Facebook users located in Quebec who, since April 11, 2016, “have been explicitly excluded by Facebook’s ad services” because of their race, sex, marital status, age, origin or social situation.
Quebec Superior Court refused such a class action, but the decision was reversed in the Court of Appeal. Facebook therefore turned to the Supreme Court, which announced Thursday that it will not consider the case.
Meta, Facebook’s parent company, declined to comment on the Supreme Court’s decision.
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