They already do.
Comment on Microsoft is reportedly banning Palestinians in the U.S. for life for calling relatives in Gaza
KillerWhale@orcas.enjoying.yachts 4 months agoWhy do people sprout this bullshit. You can’t discriminate against a protected class that includes race, gender, age, disability, national origin, religion,
autonomoususer@lemmy.world 4 months ago
rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
What’s the funniest (and saddest) is when people who are supposedly against private discrimination repeat this when it fits them.
Tja@programming.dev 4 months ago
They aren’t. The are discriminating “for no reason at all”. Feel free to sue them. Godspeed.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Unfortunately, I don’t have standing as I’m not a Microsoft customer or Palestinian, nor do I have relatives or any contacts for that matter in Gaza.
Tja@programming.dev 4 months ago
Having relatives anywhere is not a protected class, to begin with.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Surely if I have relatives that are a protected class, I’d also likely be a protected class as well, no? Especially if I was kicked from their platform specifically because of the protected class…
But that’s irrelevant because I’m nowhere close to having standing to sue. The closest thing is that my SO is an naturalized citizen from another country, but that country is only marginally closer to Gaza than where I am.