Straight up lying:

“We stand against discrimination in any form,” the spokesperson said. “We’ve announced important changes to our ad targeting tools and know that this is only a first step. We’ve been looking at our ad delivery system and have engaged industry leaders, academics and civil rights experts on this very topic – and we’re exploring more changes.”

Source: Facebook targets ads based on race and gender stereotypes: Study

Facebook’s Congressional testimony:

“Like other major ad platforms, we enable targeting based on age and gender. “

In other words, Facebook continues to support age and gender discrimination in advertising, which they were caught doing back in 2017.

• Verizon targeted showed ads only to those age 25 to 36 years old

• UPS targeted age 19 to 35

• State Farm targeted age 19 to 35

Health care employers ran ads based on sex, targeting female nurses (nursing is 90% female) and using ad tactics that may avoid reaching men. Employers can also use social media targeted advertising to intentionally reach – or discriminate against – ethnic and minority groups.

Facebook says age-based job ads are justified and does not plan to stop the practice by employers.