Facebook charged with housing discrimination in targeted ads
by Adam Gabbatt in New York and agencies from Technology | The Guardian on (#4C0RQ)
US government says company is breaking the law by restricting who can view housing-related ads based on their 'race, color, national origin, religion'
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (Hud) has charged Facebook with violating the Fair Housing Act, alleging that the company's targeted advertising discriminated on the basis of race and color.
In a statement, Hud said Facebook was breaking the law by restricting who can view housing-related adverts on its site, which the department said "unlawfully discriminates based on race, color, national origin, religion, familial status, sex, and disability".
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