IDC 4001H Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Equal Credit Opportunity Act, American Civil Liberties Union, Pell Grant
22 Nov 2017
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How facebook"s ad tool fails to protect civil rights. Fb may be allowing to discriminate based on race. Targeting ads for housing, credit, or employment based upon race, gender, or sexual orientation violates the federal civil-rights laws that cover those fields the fair housing. Act, the equal credit opportunity act, and title vii,(cid:441) says rachel goodman, a lawyer at the. Ethnic affinity = determined based on what sort of content on the site a user engages with most = demographics (marketing terms) Granting advertisers the ability to ensure that minorities aren"t able to view certain ads is disturbing and potentially illegal. The fair housing act (title viii of the civil rights act of 1968) introduced meaningful federal enforcement mechanisms. It outlaws: refusal to sell or rent a dwelling to any person because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, or national origin. Nicolette brings up a good point- facebook is not discriminating however it is allowing marketing advertisers to discriminate.
