Facing a wave of criticism for allowing advertisers to exclude anyone with an "affinity" for African-American, Asian-American or Hispanic people from seeing ads, Facebook said it would build an automated system that would let it better spot ads that discriminate illegally. Federal law prohibits ads for housing, employment and credit that exclude
Facebook Says It Will Stop Allowing Some Advertisers To Exclude Users By Race
Facebook says it will build a system to prevent advertisers from buying credit, housing or employment ads that exclude viewers by race.