Facebook sued for age, gender bias in financial services ads

By Jonathan Stempel on Nov 4, 2019 6:32AM

Facebook sued for age, gender bias in financial services ads

Against older and female users.

Facebook Inc was sued on Thursday in a proposed class action accusing it of discriminating against older and female users by withholding advertising for financial services such as bank accounts, insurance, investments and loans. According to the complaint filed in San Francisco federal court, ...

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