[AdamM12]

The inefficiency of the process shouldn't be a deciding factor. Should be the justness of it. Facebook isn't discriminating. We don't punish shipping companies when their resources are used for drug smuggling. We punish the individuals involved in the illicit act.

edit: Not entirely sure how arguing that our system should be a just one more so than one that goes after what is easiest is getting down voted so much but ok.

[Hermitian909]

If your edit is in earnest it's because your comment comes off as naive. Inefficiency _must_ be one of several deciding factors because our resources are limited.

Tying resources up in a maximally just be deeply inefficient process prevents us from dealing with other problems of injustice for whom the solution requires more resources. The world _requires_ us to consider factors other than maximal justice in individual cases if we are to maximize justice in a broader societal context.

[AdamM12]

To me that sounds like a trade off of due process and justness. Which I hold in high opinion of. At the EOD all laws are backed by violence. If the state is to resort to that they better be right.

edit: "...and justness"

[Maybestring]

Facebook shareholders aren't facing summary execution. There is no reduction of due process here.

[GordonS]

> Facebook isn't discriminating

This feels like a technicality - Facebook is overtly enabling, perhaps even encouraging discrimination.

[astura]

And profiting from it.

The HUD press release contains the following text, which is pretty damning:

>Additionally, Facebook promotes its advertising targeting platform for housing purposes with "success stories" for finding "the perfect homeowners," "reaching home buyers," "attracting renters" and "personalizing property ads."

Yowzers!!

[AdamM12]

Is this sarcasm? Legitimate question because I don't see what the issue with these statements are.

[AdamM12]

Facebook isn't a party to a potential rental contract or contract to sale. They aren't in a position to deny someone housing.

[dgzl]

No, they're just in a position to allow rampant discrimination.

[AdamM12]

Craigslist and Backpage "allowed" rampant sex trafficking but I'd imagine the HN community wasn't happy with government shutting down those sections of the internet. FB isn't the one engaging in the discrimination imo.