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Daily Dashboard | Facebook tool allows advertisers to target, exclude 'Ethnic Affinities' Related reading: Understanding marketing privacy: Overlooked aspects, key questions and practical audits

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Facebook allows advertisers to tailor ads to exclude or target groups it dubs "Ethnic Affinities," ProPublica reports. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968 make such moves illegal, the report states. “This is horrifying. This is massively illegal," said civil rights lawyer John Relman. "This is about as blatant a violation of the federal Fair Housing Act as one can find.” Facebook representatives said they would be moving the "Ethnic Affinity" category out of the "Demographics" section of its ad-building tool. “We take a strong stand against advertisers misusing our platform: Our policies prohibit using our targeting options to discriminate, and they require compliance with the law,” said Facebook Privacy and Public Policy Manager Steve Satterfield. 
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