[Behind Liberal Lines]

Are social media companies publishers responsible for what they publish, or are they mere platforms to facilitate other people to publish?They can't be both.

[MuttTheHoople]

Facebookkk?

[2banana]

This IS the facebook business model.

[Zeneta]

Are social media companies publishers responsible for what they publish, or are they mere platforms to facilitate other people to publish?They can’t be both.

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Yep.

This could get very interesting.

And I wasn’t actually sure Ben Carson was going to work everyday.

[Zeneta]

Filed on Aug. 14, HUD’s administrative complaint alleges that both the social media company’s ad targeting tools and user classification enable the limitation of ad audiences on characteristics “outright prohibited” by the Federal Housing Administration, said the government’s formal statement of interest

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I just read that again, and I can’t stop laughing.

Genius

[Architect of Avalon]

The complaint is poorly advised.

[DiogenesLamp]

HUD Hits Facebook With Administrative Complaint, Alleging Housing Discrimination

At the moment I am inclined to believe anything that hurts FaceBook is good for America. I hope someone files a similar suit against Google/Youtube.

[arrogantsob]

“...allowed...” ?

This is ridiculous for HUD to be taking such a case.

It does remind Facebook that it is loosing friends and looks like a shot across the bow.

There are Anti-Trust considerations which I had hoped DoJ would consider.

[palmer]

What do you think about the above? Here's another version of the story: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/17/feds-accuse-facebook-discrimination-over-ad-target/

I listened to https://www.washingtontimes.com/staff/cheryl-k-chumley/ on C-Span radio on the way home. I have to admit her case against the social media companies was quite compelling.

Her idea is here: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/9/title-vii-solution-social-media-censorship/ What do think of that idea? I am intrigued by it. Not sure what it would do, effectively. Or what the drawbacks of even this incremental step might be.

[_longranger81]

Administrative complaint, my ass—they should be fined for everything they’re worth and thrown in jail. This is a very clear-cut and diabolical conspiracy to deprive rightly protected classes of their access to housing. It is utterly unconscionable, and an extremely scary example of what can be done to us with this kind of technology. These people should never be allowed within range of an electronic device again. Seriously, they need to go after this full tide, with a massive legal and public relations blitz. Take control of the paradigm.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Charged by each and every occurrence? How many people didn’t see the ad every day for a year times 10K?

[SunkenCiv]

Nyuk nyuk nyuk.

Hey, Zuckerberg — how about retelling those stories about buying up neighboring property to bulldoze?

Similar, later topic:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3680152/posts

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

This is Trump taking a shot at Facebook. Love it!

[mewzilla]

Bwah hah hah hah hah...