Facebook Parent Meta Agrees to End Alleged Discriminatory Practices in Housing Ads

WASHINGTON—Facebook guardian Meta Platforms agreed Thursday to undertake new internet advertising practices to settle an investigation by federal officers, who stated its adverts discriminated in opposition to customers by race, gender and different elements.

In a submitting in federal district courtroom in New York, the Justice Department and federal housing officers stated they’d settle housing discrimination prices in opposition to Meta, with no admission of legal responsibility by the corporate, in trade for Meta’s settlement to make modifications to its promoting distribution methods.