Facebook charged with ad discrimination

Facebook has been charged for allegedly allowing housing advertisers to discriminate against users based on race, sex and disability.

The charges say the tech giant is violating the Fair Housing Act by letting house sellers and landlords use its platform to discriminate.

It also alleges Facebook allowed advertisers to draw red lines on maps to exclude certain neighbourhoods, or to choose to show ads to only men or only women.

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Author: Bbc News

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