{"id":14584,"date":"2019-03-28T17:11:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T17:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/hud-hits-facebook-with-housing-discrimination-charges-over-ad-targeting.html"},"modified":"2019-03-28T17:11:14","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T17:11:14","slug":"hud-hits-facebook-with-housing-discrimination-charges-over-ad-targeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/hud-hits-facebook-with-housing-discrimination-charges-over-ad-targeting.html","title":{"rendered":"HUD hits Facebook with housing discrimination charges over ad targeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development this morning hit Facebook <\/a> with charges of housing discrimination. The filing<\/a> states that the the online giant has violated the Fair Housing Act through its ad targeting tools, which allow sellers to limit listings based on categories like race, sex and nation of origin.<\/p>\n

The charges are the result of an investigation<\/a> initiated in August of last year, investigating a formal complaint that homesellers and landlords can target ads across a broad range of different categories.<\/p>\n

\u201cFacebook is discriminating against people based upon who they are and where they live,\u201d HUD Secretary Ben Carson said in a statement tied to the news. \u201cUsing a computer to limit a person\u2019s housing choices can be just as discriminatory as slamming a door in someone\u2019s face.\u201d<\/p>\n

Facebook said it was \u201csurprised\u201d by the decision, in a statement offered to TechCrunch. A spokesperson for the company went on to discuss \u201csignificant steps\u201d taken to address the discrimination detailed in HUD\u2019s filing.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year we eliminated thousands of targeting options that could potentially be misused, and just last week we reached historic agreements with the National Fair Housing Alliance, ACLU, and others that change the way housing, credit, and employment ads can be run on Facebook,\u201d the company says. \u201cWhile we were eager to find a solution, HUD insisted on access to sensitive information \u2013 like user data \u2013 without adequate safeguards. We\u2019re disappointed by today\u2019s developments, but we\u2019ll continue working with civil rights experts on these issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week<\/a>, the social network avoided legal woes by reaching an agreement with The ACLU, Outten Golden LLC and the Communications Workers of America. The deal is designed to help adhere to section VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, with Facebook removing gender, age and race-based targeting from housing and employment ads and creating a new one-stop portal for listings.<\/p>\n

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