Incident 161: Facebook's Ad Delivery Reportedly Excluded Audience along Racial and Gender Lines

Description: Facebook's housing and employment ad delivery process allegedly resulted in skews in exposure for some users along demographic lines such as gender and racial identity.

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Alleged: Facebook developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed female Facebook users , Black Facebook users and male Facebook users.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
161
Report Count
3
Incident Date
2019-04-03
Editors
Sean McGregor, Khoa Lam

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