Facebook Charged for Discriminatory Housing Ad Practices: Violation of Fair Housing Act
August 13, 2018
In March 2019, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development accused Facebook of infringing on the Fair Housing Act by enabling real estate advertisers to target their ads in a discriminatory manner, highlighting the importance of safe and secure AI governance. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape trustworthy AI? JOIN US
- Alleged deployer
- Alleged developer
- Alleged harmed parties
- facebook-users-of-minority-groups, non-american-born-facebook-users, non-christian-facebook-users, facebook-users-interested-in-accessibility, facebook-users-interested-in-hispanic-culture
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/93
Data source
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