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Re:HUD Files Housing Discrimination Complaint Against Facebook by jakelazaroff on Sunday August 19, 2018 @01:03AM (#17792701)
The people publishing these ads are literally paying Facebook to do so. IANAL but as far as I know it's not legal to profit off illegal activity. Facebook are, themselves, breaking the law here.
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Re:HUD Files Housing Discrimination Complaint Against Facebook by BurningFrog on Sunday August 19, 2018 @02:28AM (#17792901)
What law specifically makes it illegal "to profit off illegal activity"?

That sounds incredibly broad and impossible to to avoid.

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Re:HUD Files Housing Discrimination Complaint Against Facebook by jakelazaroff on Sunday August 19, 2018 @05:21AM (#17793445)
I imagine you'd be considered an accessory to the act in question. There are also laws like this [1], although they don't apply to this situation.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Sam_law

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