HUD charges Facebook with enabling housing discrimination

August 13, 2018

In March 2019, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development accused Facebook of violating the Fair Housing Act by enabling real estate advertisers to discriminatorily target their ads. This incident highlights the need for robust governance mechanisms to ensure safe and secure AI practices. For those interested in shaping responsible AI governance, join us at Project Cerebellum and learn how we're using our AI Incident Database (TAIM) to manage such issues through our Govern function.

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Alleged deployer: facebook
Alleged developer: facebook
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

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