Only a few months have passed since the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development filed a charge of discrimination against Facebook, alleging that the ad-targeting techniques used to determine which users would see advertising related to housing and housing-related service (like mortgage loans) were based on protected characteristics and “close proxies” for those characteristics, violating the Fair Housing Act. … Continue Reading
HUD files FHA action against Facebook alleging discriminatory advertising practices
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The Department of Housing and Urban Development has issued a “Charge of Discrimination” against Facebook that charges the company “with engaging in discriminatory housing practices in violation of the [provisions of the Fair Housing Act that prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, familial status, national origin or disability.]”… Continue Reading
CFPB makes plans to handle its growing body of tweets, Facebook posts and YouTube videos
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Posted in CFPB General, Regulatory and Enforcement
As a brand-new federal agency, and one whose mission unquestionably involves interaction with the public, the CFPB has fully embraced communication tools like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The Bureau has been making “friends” with people at a rate that would make even the most industrious teenagers jealous: it has been “liked” over 8,800 times on Facebook and is being followed by almost 7,000 people on Twitter. … Continue Reading