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11-22-2017, 01:39 AM
Facebook still hasn't fixed its discriminatory ad problems, despite many promises
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Facebook's been promising to fix discrimination problems with its ads platform ever since a Pro Publica report (https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-lets-advertisers-exclude-users-by-race) last fall found that its targeting tools had the potential to violate civil rights laws.
A year later, those efforts don't seem to have amounted to much.*
SEE ALSO: Here's how easy it is for anyone to use Facebook like Russian actors did (http://mashable.com/2017/10/15/facebook-ad-targeting-overview/)
A follow-up investigation (https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-advertising-discrimination-housing-race-sex-national-origin?token=azi~Txt72PLEjyR99sF_pSH~fRuIBRsj) from the Pro Publica on Tuesday found that Facebook still approved housing ads that excluded users based on their religion, gender, or "multicultural affinity" (Facebook's thinly veiled stand-in for race which was previously called "ethnic affinity"). Each of those demographics are considered protected groups under the Fair Housing Act. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/21/facebook-still-discrmination-pro-publica/)
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Facebook's been promising to fix discrimination problems with its ads platform ever since a Pro Publica report (https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-lets-advertisers-exclude-users-by-race) last fall found that its targeting tools had the potential to violate civil rights laws.
A year later, those efforts don't seem to have amounted to much.*
SEE ALSO: Here's how easy it is for anyone to use Facebook like Russian actors did (http://mashable.com/2017/10/15/facebook-ad-targeting-overview/)
A follow-up investigation (https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-advertising-discrimination-housing-race-sex-national-origin?token=azi~Txt72PLEjyR99sF_pSH~fRuIBRsj) from the Pro Publica on Tuesday found that Facebook still approved housing ads that excluded users based on their religion, gender, or "multicultural affinity" (Facebook's thinly veiled stand-in for race which was previously called "ethnic affinity"). Each of those demographics are considered protected groups under the Fair Housing Act. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/21/facebook-still-discrmination-pro-publica/)
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