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Trump administration charges Facebook with housing discrimination
The Politico ^ | August 17, 2018 | Patrick Temple-West

Posted on 08/17/2018 8:52:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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1 posted on 08/17/2018 8:52:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Make them play by their own rules.


2 posted on 08/17/2018 8:57:17 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
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Excellent news.


3 posted on 08/17/2018 9:03:36 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m popping some Jiffy-Pop as I read this. It could get fun!


4 posted on 08/17/2018 9:03:37 PM PDT by llevrok (Vote while it's still legal.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Just when I thought I couldn’t possibly love President Trump even more....


5 posted on 08/17/2018 9:09:19 PM PDT by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I hope...sincerely hope...Facebook’s high-powered lawyers didn’t see that coming...

We may never know, …


6 posted on 08/17/2018 9:21:52 PM PDT by rmccullo
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To: a fool in paradise

The 9th circus will be twisted into a knot: evil corporation vs. socialist media.


7 posted on 08/17/2018 9:26:16 PM PDT by ptsal
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

War declared on social justice warriors.


8 posted on 08/17/2018 9:33:15 PM PDT by Flick Lives ("When they go low, we go spy." - Hillary Clinton campaign slogan)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Saul Alinsky says: Make them live up to their own book of rules !

MAGA !

Go Trump !


9 posted on 08/17/2018 9:43:51 PM PDT by Reverend Wright (I am a Putin bot. And I approve this message.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Made my evening. Go Trump!!


10 posted on 08/17/2018 9:54:52 PM PDT by MarMema (John James for US Senate. Dump Debbie!! Let's Fly Michigan.)
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To: llevrok
I’m popping some Jiffy-Pop as I read this. It could get fun!

Omg childhood memory alert! I should buy some soon!

And I quit facebook ages ago.

11 posted on 08/17/2018 10:04:32 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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But but but it’s a private site they can do what they want they said. smh.


12 posted on 08/17/2018 10:08:51 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Who you rent to should be your choice.


13 posted on 08/17/2018 10:24:03 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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LinkedIn likely next as it allows similar filtering.


14 posted on 08/17/2018 10:56:02 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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And welfare payments to individuals are unconstitutional. The income tax is unconstitutional. First we make them live by the laws they meant for us. Then we can change those laws. Trust the Plan!


15 posted on 08/18/2018 12:48:51 AM PDT by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR)
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Next they will be screaming, "Freedom of speech! Uh, for me not for you."

16 posted on 08/18/2018 3:13:33 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWITR,FACBK,NYT,WaPo,Hlywd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antifa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA)
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It's been a long standing issue with Facebook which they have never addressed. "Facebook (Still) Letting Housing Advertisers Exclude Users by Race After ProPublica revealed last year that Facebook advertisers could target housing ads to whites only, the company announced it had built a system to spot and reject discriminatory ads. We retested and found major omissions. "

Some pretty basic stuff that should raise alarm bells for any publication but Farcebook accepted the adds with question.

"....Last week, ProPublica bought dozens of rental housing ads on Facebook, but asked that they not be shown to certain categories of users, such as African Americans, mothers of high school kids, people interested in wheelchair ramps, Jews, expats from Argentina and Spanish speakers. All of these groups are protected under the federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to publish any advertisement “with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.” Violators can face tens of thousands of dollars in fines. Every single ad was approved within minutes...." https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-advertising-discrimination-housing-race-sex-national-origin

And this article is from November 2017, so it's been going on for a long time.

17 posted on 08/18/2018 3:25:38 AM PDT by Sa-teef
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"We don't discriminate; it's in our policy."

We all know the non-discrimination thingy doesn't apply if you are a conservative.

Seems it also doesn't apply if you are paying for an ad?

"Do as I say, not as I do."

18 posted on 08/18/2018 3:30:31 AM PDT by Sa-teef
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To: Reno89519
LinkedIn likely next as it allows similar filtering.

Of course. It's owned by Microsoft and the holier than thou Gates and Ballmer.

LinkedIn is a pain in the ass. Every day I get an email from them trying to get me to give them every fact about me so they share it with the world.

Also, they give me the craziest jobs I might be interested in, based on a sophisticated algorithm or just throwing shit at me and hoping something sticks.

Here's a recent list: Mechanical Design Engineer, Analyst/Configuration IT PLM, Executive Administrative Assistant, Market Intelligence Analyst, Financial Analyst, Manager Customer Experience, Recruiter Entry Level, Administrative Assistant 1, Technical Sales Representative, Senior Staff Accountant, Production Graphic Designer & In-House Photographer, Latin America Region Specialist, QTV Motion Graphic Designer / Animator, Assistant Underwriter, RN: Registered Nurse, Human Resources Generalist, Kitchen Manager, Summer Internship, Transportation Manager, Major Accounts Sales Executive, CDL Driver, Utility Locator, Climbing Arborist/Foreman, Tile Sales/Design Consultant, Physician, and a list that appears to go off into infinity.

I'm torn between applying for Kitchen Manager or Physician. They think there is even a tiny possibility that I am qualified for all of these jobs? If that were true, I would be the most incredible human to every live.

19 posted on 08/18/2018 3:44:47 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWITR,FACBK,NYT,WaPo,Hlywd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antifa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oh boy. Considering Trump was accused of discrimination of renters in the 80s, this is going to raise a shitstorm.


20 posted on 08/18/2018 3:47:34 AM PDT by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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