#facebook sued for allegedly enabling housing discrimination
March 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Facebook is facing a lawsuit from civil rights groups that claim the company’s ad practices enable discriminatory housing practices.
The suit, filed in federal court by the National Fair Housing Alliance and other groups, alleges Facebook allows advertisers to exclude protected groups by characteristics like gender and family makeup.
In 2016, investigative news outlet ProPublica first documented how Facebook allowed advertisers to place housing ads that excluded users based on their race, apparently in violation of the Fair Housing Act. A follow-up report in 2017 found that, despite promises, the company continued to allow similar exclusions. Facebook, in response, said it…
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