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Re:FCC Is Trying to Stop Discrimination in Broadband Deploym... by Volundr on Friday November 17, 2023 @11:33AM (#38305845)
> There really isn't a disparate impact standard for any private business.

I used to work for a mortgage company, disparate impact applied to us, and we had systems in place to help us study it.

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Re:FCC Is Trying to Stop Discrimination in Broadband Deploym... by ixwt on Friday November 17, 2023 @11:41AM (#38305976)
Interesting! Had never heard of that! I'll bet that the history of that is due to red lining practices originating in mortgages, if I remember my history correctly.
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Re:FCC Is Trying to Stop Discrimination in Broadband Deploym... by NovemberWhiskey on Friday November 17, 2023 @12:18PM (#38306622)
Lending is one of the few areas that does have that, yes.
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