<story><title>Facebook Still Letting Housing Advertisers Exclude Users by Race</title><url>https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-advertising-discrimination-housing-race-sex-national-origin</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>egwynn</author><text>The text of the law[0] is surprisingly clear that FB&amp;#x27;s acceptance of these ads is illegal (unless I&amp;#x27;m missing something big).&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    As made applicable by section 3603 of this title and except as exempted by
    sections 3603(b) and 3607 of this title, it shall be unlawful—
    ...
    (c) To make, print, or publish, or cause to be made, printed, or published
    any notice, statement, or advertisement, with respect to the sale or rental
    of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination
    based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national
    origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation, or
    discrimination.
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;
[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.law.cornell.edu&amp;#x2F;uscode&amp;#x2F;text&amp;#x2F;42&amp;#x2F;3604#c&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.law.cornell.edu&amp;#x2F;uscode&amp;#x2F;text&amp;#x2F;42&amp;#x2F;3604#c&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Facebook Still Letting Housing Advertisers Exclude Users by Race</title><url>https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-advertising-discrimination-housing-race-sex-national-origin</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>sologoub</author><text>Can any attorney with knowledge of fair housing weigh in on this? Law quotes states that the ad cannot say these things, but the publishing of an ad in a medium targeted based on these seems like a relatively new ground, since the ad itself is likely fine, but how it is distributed is definitely not in the spirit of the law.&lt;p&gt;In finance, I&amp;#x27;m fairly sure zip+4 is off limits in many pricing models for this exact reason - it is too specific. However, I&amp;#x27;m not aware of anything like this in advertising publishing that a given ad has to have a chance of being seen regardless of the protected categories.&lt;p&gt;Regardless of the law, it&amp;#x27;s definitely extremely unethical to do this.</text></comment>