Facebook Says It Will Stop Allowing Advertisers to Exclude Users by Race—in a Few Months [PSMag.com]
Facing a wave of criticism for allowing advertisers to exclude anyone with an “affinity” for African-American, Asian-American, or Hispanic people from seeing ads, Facebook said it would build an automated system that would let it better spot ads that discriminate illegally. Federal law prohibits ads for housing, employment, and credit that exclude people by race, gender, and other factors. Facebook said it would build an automated system to scan advertisements to determine if they are...