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Facebook accused of not showing insurance ads to women and older people in violation of civil rights laws (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Odelay42@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Regulations exist to protect people from corporations.

I know Facebook sucks, you know Facebook sucks, but Facebook spends billions of dollars to convince hundreds of millions of people they don't suck, and it's extremely effective.

I get the impulse to say, "you should know better than you go to Facebook for important info", but the fact is, a lot of people do go to Facebook for important info, so it's critical that Facebook is held accountable to their de facto position as an objective source of information.