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Facebook Ends Discriminatory Practices In Ads After Lawsuits

March 19, 2019
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Facebook Ends Discriminatory Practices In Ads After Lawsuits

March 19, 2019
Facebook will stop allowing ad buyers to target by age, gender or ZIP code when offering credit, employment or housing, according to ProPublica, a nonprofit news organization based in New York. The agreement was part of a large settlement with civil rights organizations. Excluding people based on personal categories is illegal, and ProPublica found that Facebook […]