Carson finally acts against Facebook housing discrimination

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The formal complaint was filed four months after Carson testified on the Hill that he would be re-opening HUD's investigation into Facebook. The initial investigation had begun during the Obama administration following the ProPublica story revealing that Facebook allowed advertisers to target housing and other ads based on race.

But Carson dropped the investigation last fall. After a public outcry, he told senators in April that he had done so because of time pressures and had always intended to re-visit the case.