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Company: Facebook, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Meta Platforms Inc.
Penalty: $2,450,000
Year: 2019
Date: March 18, 2019
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: discriminatory practices (non-employment)
Violation Description: Facebook agreed to pay $1.95 million to the plaintiffs an provide $500,000 in credits for educational advertising as part of a settlement of allegations that its platform facilitated unlawful housing discrimination. In this and several related cases, Facebook also agreed to sweeping changes in its practices. See details at (click here)
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Southern District of New York
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 1:18-cv-2689
Case Name: National Fair Housing Alliance et al v. Facebook, Inc.
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: information technology
Specific Industry of Current Parent: internet services
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