A European human rights body has ruled that Facebook’s algorithm shows gender bias when promoting job advertisements, marking what activists say is a crucial step in holding big tech companies ...

A 2024 research paper curated by a team of university researchers suggests that Facebook’s advertising algorithm has unevenly targeted Black users with ads for for-profit colleges. A 2024 research ...

Meta “routinely discriminates” in steering job ads to specific age and gender groups on its Facebook platform, a women’s truckers organization alleged in a civil rights complaint. “Facebook’s ...

The company told the Department of Justice (DOJ) it would change its algorithm as a part of a settlement agreement resolving allegations that Meta violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA). According to the ...

A California state appeals court recently ruled that Facebook can be sued over alleged discriminatory advertising practices. The case stemmed from a 2020 class action suit claiming Facebook violated ...

Nine months after ending a test for a mobile ad network that would deliver display ads on 3rd-party sites/apps based on a user's Facebook (FB +0.9%) activity, Facebook has begun new tests. The move ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Netherlands Institute for Human Rights has ruled that Meta engaged in gender-based discrimination via its algorithm that ...