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“We’re surprised by HUD’s decision, as we’ve been working with them to address their concerns and have taken significant steps to prevent” ad discrimination, th
by throwaway5752 8y ago
“We’re surprised by HUD’s decision, as we’ve been working with them to address their concerns and have taken significant steps to prevent” ad discrimination, the company said in a statement. It added that it had been negotiating with the housing agency over the issue, but that the talks had broken down because federal officials were seeking access to too much user information “without adequate safeguards.”
Interesting. I also wonder if they are going after the landlords who knowingly discriminated using Facebook as a platform.
- save_ferris 8y agoCould definitely see this. They could also be trying to prevent setting a data-sharing precedent that other Federal agencies will look to utilize.
- throwaway5752 8y agoYes - I just submitted a related article (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19516173 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19516173) that has additional details on the data access request and reports that the investigation has spread to Twitter and Google.