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A federal class action accuses Facebook of violating the <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Facebook.pdf"><strong>Fair Housing Act</strong></a> by using demographic data that “makes it possible for real estate brokers and landlords to exclude certain buyers or renters from ever seeing their ads.”

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal class action accuses Facebook of violating the Fair Housing Act by using demographic data that “makes it possible for real estate brokers and landlords to exclude certain buyers or renters from ever seeing their ads.”

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