Housing ads steered by race and sex
Settled. Meta paid or agreed to changes without admitting wrongdoing. How evidence is labeled
The US housing department charged that Facebook’s ad system let advertisers target and exclude people by protected traits and delivered housing ads in discriminatory ways. In a 2022 settlement with the Justice Department, Meta retired a targeting tool and paid the largest penalty the Fair Housing Act allows.
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