HUD Files Housing Discrimination Complaint Against Facebook
(World News Science)

HUD No. 18-085 HUD Public Affairs (202) 708-0685 FOR RELEASE Friday August 17, 2018 HUD FILES HOUSING DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT AGAINST FACEBOOK Secretary-initiated complaint alleges platform allows advertisers to discriminate WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today a formal complaint against Facebook for violating the Fair Housing Act by allowing landlords and home sellers to use its advertising platform to engage in housing discrimination. HUD claims Facebook enables advertisers to control which users receive housing-related ads based upon the recipient`s race, color, religion, sex, familial status, national origin, disability, and/or zip...