HUD is filing charges against Facebook for its ad-targeting practices
The US government says Facebook's ad business creates housing discrimination. On Thursday, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) filed charges against Facebook, arguing that the company's ad platform allows advertisers to unlawfully exclude people from viewing housing ads based on characteristics such as race, national origin, and religion. Google and Twitter, meanwhile, have also been scrutinized by the agency for the same reason, according to the Washington Post. As Kurt Wagner writes, "The claims against Facebook by government agencies are piling up, and it's only a matter of time before a shoe drops — it's just unclear what shoe it will be, and how much it will hurt." [ Kurt Wagner / Recode ] Companies are using pictures of people without their permission in order to train facial recognition AI . As Fortune's Jeff John Roberts...
