Disinformation Nation: Social Media’s Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation (QFR Responses)

QuestionCiting the 2018 Fair Housing Act allegations that Facebook's ad-targeting systems let advertisers exclude audiences by race, gender, and zip code, Clarke asks whether Facebook still maintains its Section 230 civil-rights-immunity legal position, and what it's doing about discriminatory ad targeting generally.

ResponseFacebook does not directly answer whether it still holds its Section 230 civil-rights-immunity legal position, but describes having eliminated age/gender/zip-code targeting for housing, employment, and credit ads specifically, following settlements with civil rights groups.