The Department of Housing and Urban Development has filed charges against Facebook for violations of the Fair Housing Act, allegedly made in connection with Facebook’s ad targeting system. The charges build on a complaint filed in August.
“Facebook is discriminating against people based upon who they are and where they live,” HUD Secretary Ben Carson said in a statement. “Using a computer to limit a person’s housing choices can be just as discriminatory as slamming a door in someone’s face.”
It’s the first federal discrimination lawsuit to deal with targeted advertising, a milestone that officials at HUD said was overdue. “Even as we confront new technologies, the fair housing laws enacted over half a century ago remain…
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