Northern California

Facebook Sued Over ‘discriminatory’ House and Job Adverts

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Facebook is facing legal action over alleged bias in its housing and employment ads. The claim, brought by a group of Facebook users, alleges the platform’s “ethnic affinity” option is racially biased. The option is there to enable marketers to exclude certain demographics and target others. Facebook said the lawsuit was “utterly without merit” and … Read more

Facebook, Twitter Block Social Media Surveillance Tool

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Social media has been key to some of this year’s most significant protests — but it turns out that these platforms have also been used to target the activists behind them. The ACLU of California reported that Geofeedia had been providing law enforcement with data — including locations — from the social media accounts of … Read more