HUD's Facebook Case Raises New Fair Housing Act Questions

By Kristen Sinisi (April 12, 2019, 11:39 AM EDT) -- Facebook's targeting-advertising platform finds itself under scrutiny once again, this time from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. In a recent charge of discrimination, HUD claimed that Facebook Inc. enabled — and even forced — advertisers to discriminate against housing applicants on the basis of their race, color, religion, sex, familial status, national origin, and disability, in violation of the Fair Housing Act....

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