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By PATRICK TEMPLE-WEST 08/17/2018 05:40 PM EDT Updated 08/17/2018 08:34 PM EDT
The Trump administration today charged Facebook Inc. with violating housing discrimination laws.
The social media company allows advertisers to divert housing listings away users who mention terms such as assistance dog and mobility scooter, or who live in certain zip codes, in violation of the Fair Housing Act, HUD alleged.
In addition, the Justice Department today joined a lawsuit against Facebook, saying in a statement of interest that the company discriminates by helping advertisers pick preferred users.
The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing transactions, including print and online advertising, on the basis of race, religion or sex, among other things. Facebook allows advertisers to pinpoint certain potential tenants or homebuyers while filtering out others, HUD alleges.
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)GOP house - twitter
WH - FB
MichMan
(11,988 posts)"The social media company allows advertisers to divert housing listings away users who mention terms such as assistance dog and mobility scooter, or who live in certain zip codes, in violation of the Fair Housing Act, HUD alleged."
And you somehow support a continuation of these practices ?
maxrandb
(15,362 posts)thinks that this misadministration gives one fuck about "fair housing" they're either a moron, or a Russian Troll Bot.
Is that you comrade?
hughee99
(16,113 posts)Well have to wait until 2021 to do anything about it. All government functions under this administration are nefarious attempts control everything, and cant even accidentally be for legitimate purposes. I hear theyre even bribing retirees and disabled people with monthly checks.
Initech
(100,107 posts)We being run by a bunch of whiny crybabies right now.
Ms. Toad
(34,111 posts)has brought numerous claims against newspapers and other advertising venues for the same thing. It is a violation of fair housing law to accepted advertisements targeting individuals in a protected class.
Not everything is evil, just because it is initiated by the Trump administration.
We ought to be better than the Trump administration - which opposes things merely because Obama favored them.
uponit7771
(90,367 posts)backtoblue
(11,346 posts)Cambridge Analytica anyone?
Bizarre times we exist...