WF-NDDF9H
HUD charges Facebook with enabling housing discrimination
In March 2019 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development charged Facebook with violating the Fair Housing Act by allowing real estate sellers to target advertisements in a discriminatory manner.
- Date it happened
- 2018-08-13
- Organisation involved
- Product, system or model
- Ad-serving algorithm
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