Facebook Will No Longer Allow Exclusion of Certain Groups Via Its Ad Targeting Tools
How will it affect legitimate, nondiscriminatory uses of those options?
Facebook had earlier signed a legally binding agreement regarding targeting with Washington state.
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Facebook signed a legally binding agreement earlier this week with the office of Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson in which it agreed to ensure that third-party advertisers cannot exclude ethnic and religious minorities, immigrants, LGBTQ individuals and other protected groups from seeing their ads, and to implement those policy changes within 90 days.
