Google’s promoting system allowed employers or landlords to discriminate in opposition to nonbinary and a few transgender individuals, The Markup discovered.

Corporations attempting to run adverts on YouTube or elsewhere on the net may direct Google to not present these adverts to individuals of “unknown gender” — that means individuals who haven’t recognized themselves to Google as “male” or “feminine.” After being alerted to this by The Markup, Google pledged to crack down on the follow.

“We can be implementing an replace to our coverage and enforcement within the coming weeks to limit advertisers from concentrating on or excluding customers