Facebook was charged with violating the Fair Housing Act by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) because the company's targeted advertising discriminates on the basis of race and ...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Thursday charged Facebook with encouraging and enabling housing discrimination through its targeted advertising practices. HUD is charging ...

The Fair Housing Act bans discrimination in housing and related services, including ads, based on several criteria HUD is charging Facebook with violating that law because it sold housing ads that ...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Thursday that it has charged Facebook with violating the Fair Housing Act by enabling advertisers to choose who could view their ads on the ...

Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development halted its investigation into fair housing violations within Facebook ads, but now, that investigation has been reopened.

Facebook is under fire for housing ads that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says are discriminatory. HUD said Friday that it had filed a formal complaint accusing the beleaguered ...