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Facebook diversity struggle continues: 1,200 hires, only 7 were black

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Facebook diversity struggle continues: 1,200 hires, only 7 were black

Facebook has revealed that it is struggling to improve its diversity figures with the release of its latest hiring data.

The company's Equal Employment Opportunity report revealed that of 1,231 hires in 2013 just seven of those were black while over half were white.

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