Facebook is to Shut Down "Partner Categories"

[engine]

In a move to improve privacy, Facebook is making a permanent change to shut down what it calls "Partner Categories," and the change will take place over the next six months.
[newsroom.fb.com...]

More information on Facebook's Partner Categories
[facebook.com...]

[Travis]

It's indirectly related, but I predict that a lot of a online businesses will close their doors during the next 12 months. Too many businesses rely (abuse) on Facebook's data.

[Marshall]

Could this have anything to do with facebook being sued for alleged housing discrimination in its marketing?

"A group of fair housing organizations filed a lawsuit against Facebook (FB) on Tuesday alleging that its advertising platform allows landlords and brokers to discriminate based on gender and family status.

The National Fair Housing Alliance joined three other groups in the lawsuit, which claims that Facebook's advertising tools continue to enable marketers to exclude women and families with children from seeing certain housing ads."

[money.cnn.com...]