Facebook Announces Sweeping Changes to Ad Targeting After Discrimination Settlement
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“Anyone who wants to run housing, employment or credit ads will no longer be allowed to target by age, gender or zip code,” the company said.
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Advertisers on Facebook can no longer target users by “age, gender and ZIP code” for job listings, housing advertisements, and credit offers. In order to settle five discrimination lawsuits against the social network, Facebook agreed to remove the targeting options after a ProPublica report found that housing ads had an...