HUD charges Facebook with housing discrimination in ads

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JUST IN: The Department of Housing and Urban Development is charging Facebook with violating the Fair Housing Act

New York The Department of Housing and Urban Development is charging Facebook with violating the Fair Housing Act.

HUD on Thursday said the social media giant is violating the federal act by"encouraging, enabling, and causing" housing discrimination through its advertising platform."Facebook is discriminating against people based upon who they are and where they live," HUD Secretary Ben Carson said in a statement."Using a computer to limit a person's housing choices can be just as discriminatory as slamming a door in someone's face.

 

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Run fast and break laws.

What does facebook have to do about housing? I am curious! Is facebook giving house? 🤣

Go get them HUD.

Charge HIM just for being STUPID!!!!-

This is one of the most disgusting things I’ve ever heard. The fact that we need equal opportunity laws online is truly a reflection of how systemic racism is.

It didnt take a brain surgeon to see this was going on... oh wait yes it did.

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