Facebook has been charged with discrimination by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development because of its ad-targeting system. AP Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has laid out a new "privacy focused" vision for social networking. READ MORE:* Facebook, YouTube sued over Christchurch shooting video* Facebook says it will now block white nationalist posts* Facebook, YouTube, Twitter told to brief Congress after mosque shootingsIt can offer advertisers and groups the ability to direct messages with precision to exactly the crowd that they want to see it. Facebook has taken fire for allowing groups to target groups of people identified as "Jew-haters" and Nazi sympathisers. "Using a computer to limit a person's housing choices can be just as discriminatory as slamming a door in someone's face."

Source: Stuff March 28, 2019 18:33 UTC