By John Glenday

Facebook has moved against housing, employment and credit advertising which have been tailored to discrimate against certain demographics on the social network.

The belated action comes after reports first emerged in autumn last year, showing that it was possible for housing advertisers to specifically exclude particular racial minorities in direct contravention of the law.

It is unclear how many advertisers actually broke the rules in this regard but Facebook insists such racism will not be possible in future, including ads which explicitly bar specific demographics from applying in their terms and conditions.

What’s more, advertisers will no Read full story ›

Source: The Drum