The Department of Housing and Urban Development charged Facebook on Thursday with violating fair housing laws. The charge is for Facebook enabling housing discrimination through its advertising platform, Politico reported. It stemmed from an investigation launched last year. Several outside investigations have found that Facebook’s ad targeting allows advertisers to exclude people by categories including gender, race and ethnicity. “Facebook is discriminating against people based upon who they are and where they live,” HUD Secretary […]
source https://therealdeal.com/2019/03/28/hud-charges-facebook-over-housing-discrimination-through-its-ad-platform/
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