Facebook still hasn’t fixed its discriminatory ad problems, despite many promises

Facebook’s been promising to fix discrimination problems with its ads platform ever since a Pro Publica report 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. 

A follow-up investigation 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…

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