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Facebook Accused in Suit of Enabling Discriminatory Housing Ads
Bloomberg, Mar. 27, 2018–Chris Dolmetsch
Facebook Inc. was sued by civil rights groups led by the National Fair Housing Alliance claiming the social-media giant’s advertising platform allows landlords and real-estate brokers to exclude groups of people from receiving ads about housing based on characteristics such as family status or sex.