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Facebook Inc. has joined a growing number of tech companies in ending forced private arbitration for employee sexual-harassment claims, according to Friday reports from the Wall Street Journal.

“Today, we are publishing our updated Workplace Relationships policy and amending our arbitration agreements to make arbitration a choice rather than a requirement in sexual harassment claims,” Facebook director of corporate media relations Anthony Harrison said in an emailed statement. “Sexual harassment is something that we take very seriously and there is no place for it at Facebook.”

According to reports, Menlo Park, California-based Facebook sent an internal memo Friday about the policy change, which will allow employees to pursue harassment claims in court. The company will now also require employees at the director level or above to disclose if they're dating a colleague.

“Times change, and policies can and should too. Facebook will waive mandatory arbitration for any individual claims of sexual assault or harassment,” said Facebook vice president and deputy general counsel Paul Grewal in a tweet Friday.

The social media company's change in policy comes a day after Silicon Valley neighbor Google announced it would revamp its policies around sexual harassment and office dating. Mountain View, California-based Google said it will make arbitration for sexual harassment and assault claims optional.

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Thousands of Google employees staged a walkout last week following reports that the company protected men in power at the cost of female employees safety or careers, including former Google GC and current Alphabet CLO David Drummond, who allegedly fathered a child with a subordinate while leading Google's legal team.

In the past year, other tech companies, including Microsoft, Lyft and Uber, have ended forced arbitration. Uber CLO Tony West took to Twitter on Thursday to commend Google's ending of forced arbitration.

“Great to see @Google join @Uber, @Microsoft and others in waiving mandatory arbitration for individual claims of sexual assault and harassment. Every business can do its part, and I hope more will,” West said.