To: To all U.S. employers, HR tech companies, and legislators concerned with fair hiring practices.

Stop the Use of Biased AI in Hiring

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Employers across the U.S. are using automated algorithms to screen job applicants — but these tools often replicate and amplify the same systemic biases we’ve been fighting for decades.

AI and algorithmic screening tools routinely filter out marginalized applicants: BIPOC candidates, disabled workers, those with nontraditional resumes, job gaps, or “ethnic” names. These systems are opaque, unregulated, and deeply discriminatory — yet they are being used every day to decide who gets hired and who doesn’t.

We are calling for:

  • A moratorium on the use of unregulated AI in hiring
  • Full transparency: Employers must disclose when automated tools are used
  • Fairness audits and human review for any AI-driven decision-making in the hiring process


Everyone deserves a fair shot at employment — not a silent rejection from a biased algorithm.

Sign this petition if you believe that hiring should be human, transparent, and just.

Why is this important?

đŸ’„ Why This Is So Important

The job market is not a level playing field — especially for people who are marginalized by race, gender identity, sexuality, class, disability, age, or nontraditional work history. What makes this worse is that companies are now hiding behind artificial intelligence and algorithmic screening tools to excuse or even automate that bias.

When you’re job hunting and keep getting ghosted, rejected instantly, or filtered out before a human even looks at your name — that’s not just frustrating. It’s dehumanizing.

And it’s by design.

⚠ The Truth About AI in Hiring

Companies are increasingly using tools like:
  • AI resume screeners
  • Chatbot interviews
  • Voice and video emotion analysis
  • Cultural fit prediction software
  • Automated reference checkers
  • AI-written rejection emails

These tools are marketed as “efficient” and “unbiased.” But the reality?

🔎 AI replicates the 
exact same patterns of discrimination
we see in human systems — only faster, at greater scale, and without accountability.

Here’s what’s really happening:

🔒 1. Black box screening = no transparency

You can apply to hundreds of jobs and never know why you were rejected — because the algorithm decided you’re “not a fit.” There’s no feedback, no appeal, and no clarity. It’s a digital wall.

🧬 2. AI learns bias from past discrimination

If a company historically hires mostly white men from Ivy League schools, guess what the AI is trained to look for? More of them. It flags “nontraditional” resumes, gaps in employment, different-sounding names, or people who don’t follow conventional career paths.

Even if you’re brilliant — the algorithm can’t see that. It can only see what has already been rewarded.

đŸ˜¶ 3. Companies can dodge accountability

HR departments can claim:

“It wasn’t us, it was the algorithm.”
But they’re the ones buying, implementing, and feeding data to these tools. Using AI doesn’t eliminate bias — it just gives companies plausible deniability while quietly maintaining the status quo.

📉 4. Human expertise is being replaced with automation

Instead of trained recruiters who understand context, empathy, and potential — job applicants are being filtered by machine logic that can’t recognize growth, grit, or nuance. People become data points, not individuals.

đŸ§Ș 5. People are being experimented on without consent

Many AI tools haven’t been tested rigorously or ethically. Applicants aren’t told they’re being scored on their facial expressions, tone of voice, or social media presence. That’s surveillance — not recruitment.

🧹 6. Marginalized people get hit hardest

If you’re:
  • Black or Brown
  • Trans or gender nonconforming
  • Neurodivergent
  • Disabled (especially if your voice or mannerisms don’t conform)
  • Low-income or have job gaps
     You’re way more likely to be flagged, filtered out, or erased.

That’s not innovation — it’s discrimination dressed up as tech.

🧭 This Is Bigger Than Jobs — It’s About Power

AI is being used to systematically erase people from opportunity — and because the process is invisible, it’s hard to fight back

This campaign is about forcing transparency.

It’s about putting real human beings back at the center of the hiring process.

And it’s about demanding justice in the systems that claim to offer opportunity.

You’re not just “complaining.” You’re doing what so many can’t — calling it out by name.