Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (Credit: Getty Images) Facebook’s reputation is taking another hit: this time, it’s for continued claims of alleged fair housing discrimination. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday ordered the New York Department of Financial Services to investigate claims that Facebook is letting landlords use their advertising platform […]
New Zealand Seeks Global Support for Tougher Measures on Online Violence
In the wake of the terrorist attack on Muslim mosques, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is calling for a united effort against the biggest internet companies. Source: NYT > Business – CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY and ADAM SATARIANO
Can Lawmakers and Social Media Sites Stop Anti-Vaxxers from Going Viral?
In late February dozens of students at the tony Harvard-Westlake School in Studio City and Beverly Crest contracted an illness that most teenagers encounter only when they read Charles Dickens: whooping cough. The outbreak was another troubling reminder that online anti-vaccine propaganda has become a real-world public health threat. Growing numbers of skeptical parents are […]
HUD charges Facebook over housing discrimination through its ad platform
HUD Secretary Ben Carson and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Credit: Getty Images) The Department of Housing and Urban Development charged Facebook on Thursday with violating fair housing laws. The charge is for Facebook enabling housing discrimination through its advertising platform, Politico reported. It stemmed from an investigation launched last year. Several outside investigations have found […]
National Cheat Sheet: US home sales drop again, JLL buys HFF for $2B… & more
Clockwise from top left: The Federal Reserve has held interest rates steady and indicated that they will not rise this year; Facebook revamps its housing ad policy after settling discrimination lawsuits; JLL buys HFF in a $2B cash-and-stock deal that it hopes will ‘accelerate growth;’ and a Re/Max report finds the U.S. set for a […]