If Google uses discriminatory language, how can I report it and log a complaint?
<p>I have been asked <em>what race I belong to</em> by a Google Service registration online form at <a href="https://io.google/2022" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://io.google/2022</a>.</p>
<p>After some time researching, I haven't found any where to log a complaint directly to Google about it.</p>
<p>How can I proceed in order to remove/change the discriminatory content and how do I proceed, in order to take it further if Google keeps it online?</p>
<p>The only way I have found is from here:
<a href="https://support.google.com/code/contact/cloud_platform_report" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://support.google.com/code/contact/cloud_platform_report</a>
and here:
<a href="https://about.google/intl/en_in/contact-google/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://about.google/intl/en_in/contact-google/</a>
but these are only accepting the complaints as &quot;feedback&quot;.</p>
<p>I would like to know if I need to get a lawyer for this or if I can do it by myself.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Fax5m.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Fax5m.png" alt="I/O registration form" /></a></p>
<p>I know that many have done the same mistake, but while ethnicities are many, the human race is one.</p>

<p>With the extra information from your screenshot, it looks like Google is using the information to understand the audience's diversity. No discriminatory action is implied. It also gives you an opt-out for disclosing the racial information. I don't see that there is any basis for complaint to Google.</p>

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<p><a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/2000a" rel="nofollow noreferrer">42 USC 2000a</a> states</p>
<blockquote>
<p>(a) All persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of
the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and
accommodations of any place of public accommodation, as defined in
this section, without discrimination or segregation on the ground of
race, color, religion, or national origin.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>If a website is a place of public accommodation, racial discrimination would be prohibited. This question has not been decided by SCOTUS. In <a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1847911369587013563&amp;hl=en&amp;as_sdt=6&amp;as_vis=1&amp;oi=scholarr" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Gil v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.</a>, the 11th Circuit ruled that a website is not per se a place of public accommodation, as defined by the ADA (a different law prohibiting discrimination). On the face of it, racial discrimination on a website especially one that has no connection to a physical location is not prohibited. You would file a complaint with the Department of Justice, alleging illegal discrimination. You can be assured that they will at least read your complaint.</p>

<h2>There is no illegality here</h2>
<p>First, discrimination is not, <em>in general</em>, illegal. Only specific forms of discrimination in specific circumstances are illegal.</p>
<p>Second, asking is not discrimination. Asking for information on race, gender etc. does not imply discrimination on that basis.</p>
<p>Third, Google is clearly not discriminating on the basis of race. They clearly state that they are seeking demographic information for purposes that are clearly not discriminatory.</p>
<p>Fourth, you don’t have to provide the information if you don’t want to.</p>

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