Meta Platforms Inc. settled a lawsuit with the Department of Justice today over allegations that its algorithm for targeting people with housing ads discriminated against certain people. The company ...

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NEW YORK, NY (IANS) – A New Jersey-based IT firm will have to pay $25,500 in civil penalties to the US for posting discriminatory job advertisements and seeking job applications only from India.

Facebook owner Meta has agreed to change its ad targeting technology and pay $115,000 to settle US government allegations the social media giant allowed discrimination in who saw housing ...

Meta is acting on its vow to reduce ad discrimination through technology. The company is rolling out a Variance Reduction System (VRS) in the US that ensures the real audience for an ad more closely ...

The change follows a suit by the DOJ accusing Meta of allowing discrimination against its users based on race and other characteristics in housing advertising. Reading time 2 minutes Nearly seven ...

PHOENIX — Arizona’s top attorney is launching an ad campaign to spread awareness about rentals’ legal rights and combat housing discrimination. The purpose of the campaign is to highlight predatory ...

As Meta promised to reduce ad discrimination on its platforms, the company rolled out an AI system that targets discriminating advertisements in the United States. This technology is designed to ...

On an average day in the D.C. area, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s fleet of nearly 1,600 buses traverses 1,500 square miles of the nation’s capital. The visibility of these large ...

Facebook's Meta logo sign is seen at the company headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on, Oct. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File) SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — The Ninth Circuit rejected on Friday the ...

Meta has agreed to settle 2019 charges that it enabled housing discrimination through ad targeting. The deal with the Justice Department will have the company end use of a "Special Ad Audiences" tool ...