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/ 4 April 2008

Straight or gay? US court says website can’t ask

A roommate-finding site cannot require users to disclose their sexual orientation, a United States appeals court ruled on Thursday, in the latest skirmish over whether anti-discrimination rules apply to the web. The court said Roommates.com, which obliges users to list their sexual orientation, was different from sites where people volunteer or withhold personal information.

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