WASHINGTON—The Department of Housing and Urban Development said it was charging Facebook Inc. with violating fair housing laws by enabling real-estate companies to improperly limit who can view advertisements on its platform. The charges under the Fair Housing Act, announced in a statement Thursday morning, accuse the social-media giant of unlawfully discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion and more, “by restricting who can view housing-related ads.”...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 28, 2019 12:11 UTC