United States of America: Announced lawsuit against Meta regarding algorithmic discrimination in housing advertising
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Announced lawsuit against Meta regarding algorithmic discrimination in housing advertising
On 13 August 2018, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) initiated a lawsuit against Facebook (now Meta) for algorithmic discrimination in housing-related advertising. The lawsuit alleges that the algorithm of the housing-related …
Scope
Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
User/subject right
Regulated Economic Activity
online advertising provider
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central bank
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2018-08-13
under deliberation
2022-06-21
under investigation