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Surely Facebook having an option to show only ads to a certain gender falls under the provision

The placement of an advertisement in columns classified by publishers on the basis of sex, such as columns headed “Male” or “Female,” will be considered an expression of a preference, limitation, specification, or discrimination based on sex.

Facebook publishes the ad, and their target gender option surely falls in under "column classification".



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