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It's a strictly incorrect metaphor. Radio stations aren't liable in this scenario. Neither are newspapers with illegal personal ads for discriminatory housing.

It's a strictly incorrect metaphor. Radio stations aren't liable in this scenario. Neither are newspapers with illegal personal ads for discriminatory housing. There's no way they can be liable because they can't know if the ads are illegal or not. The legality of a given ad depends on many factors not always present in the ad itself -- such as whether the landlord lives in one of the units. All of the above selection criteria are perfectly OK to filter by if a landlord occupies a unit in a building with less than 4 units. This is why it's legal to advertise for particular genders in a shared apartment scenario. It's also legal to advertise for other criteria like race in these cases -- though it's not socially acceptable. It's impossible for Facebook to know whether a given ad is legal because of these hidden criteria.

astura 8y ago
>Neither are newspapers with illegal personal ads for discriminatory housing. Yes they are! The FHA specifically applies to housing ads! >The legality of a given ad depends on many factors not always present in the ad itself -- such as whether the landlord lives in one of the units. All of the above selection criteria are perfectly OK to filter by if a landlord occupies a unit in a building with less than 4 units. No, discriminatory ads are illegal (other than sex in a roommate situation) even though discrimination in selection is legal in some cases. >It's also legal to advertise for other criteria like race in these cases -- though it's not socially acceptable No, it's not legal. If you post a housing ad on Craigslist, they tell you all this. https://www.craigslist.org/about/FHA https://www.craigslist.org/about/FHA
- throwaway76543 8y ago
  > Yes they are! No, they are not. > The FHA specifically applies to housing ads! As I explained, the FHA applies to certain /kinds/ of housing ads. The determination of whether the FHA applies at all is dependent on a multitude of factors which an advertising middle-man cannot easily know. Some advertisers opt to respond by applying broad content bans, but this is not reflective of the underlying law. You will not develop an accurate understanding of the law by trying to reverse engineer it through reading various corporate policies. > No, discriminatory ads are illegal (other than sex in a roommate situation) even though discrimination in selection is legal in some cases. This is flatly incorrect. There is no differentiation whatsoever in the FHA between different types of discrimination. They are all uniformly referenced and exempted. See 42 U.S. Code § 3604 Sec 804. The exemptions mean the FHA restrictions do not apply at all. Nowhere is gender discrimination carved out differently from any other type. > No, it's not legal. Yeah, it is. I don't like it any more than you do, but this is a fact not a preference. You are making a common error by ascribing common sense and reasonability to the law. Sometimes this can help frame broad tenets but in this particular case it is leading you to a demonstrably false conclusion.

astura 8y ago

>Neither are newspapers with illegal personal ads for discriminatory housing. Yes they are! The FHA specifically applies to housing ads! >The legality of a given ad depends on many factors not always present in the ad itself -- such as whether the landlord lives in one of the units. All of the above selection criteria are perfectly OK to filter by if a landlord occupies a unit in a building with less than 4 units. No, discriminatory ads are illegal (other than sex in a roommate situation) even though discrimination in selection is legal in some cases. >It's also legal to advertise for other criteria like race in these cases -- though it's not socially acceptable No, it's not legal. If you post a housing ad on Craigslist, they tell you all this. https://www.craigslist.org/about/FHA https://www.craigslist.org/about/FHA

throwaway76543 8y ago
> Yes they are! No, they are not. > The FHA specifically applies to housing ads! As I explained, the FHA applies to certain /kinds/ of housing ads. The determination of whether the FHA applies at all is dependent on a multitude of factors which an advertising middle-man cannot easily know. Some advertisers opt to respond by applying broad content bans, but this is not reflective of the underlying law. You will not develop an accurate understanding of the law by trying to reverse engineer it through reading various corporate policies. > No, discriminatory ads are illegal (other than sex in a roommate situation) even though discrimination in selection is legal in some cases. This is flatly incorrect. There is no differentiation whatsoever in the FHA between different types of discrimination. They are all uniformly referenced and exempted. See 42 U.S. Code § 3604 Sec 804. The exemptions mean the FHA restrictions do not apply at all. Nowhere is gender discrimination carved out differently from any other type. > No, it's not legal. Yeah, it is. I don't like it any more than you do, but this is a fact not a preference. You are making a common error by ascribing common sense and reasonability to the law. Sometimes this can help frame broad tenets but in this particular case it is leading you to a demonstrably false conclusion.