Facebook agrees to end alleged discriminatory behavior in parent meta housing ads

Washington-Facebook Parents meta platform It agreed Thursday to adopt new online advertising practices to settle an investigation by federal officials who said its ads discriminated against users based on race, gender and other factors.

In a filing in federal district court in New York, the Justice Department and federal housing officials said they would settle housing discrimination charges against Meta, with the company accepting no liability, in exchange for Meta’s own ad delivery system. There will be an agreement to make changes. ,