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Why We Are Here => Water Cooler => Topic started by: rcjordan on July 16, 2026, 01:30:28 AM

Title: Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, lawsuit says
Post by: rcjordan on July 16, 2026, 01:30:28 AM

https://www.reuters.com/world/meta-used-ai-target-workers-with-medical-conditions-layoffs-former-employees-2026-07-14/
Title: Re: Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, lawsuit says
Post by: ergophobe on July 17, 2026, 07:43:24 PM
While I am ready to believe almost anything about Meta...

> laid off 10% of its global workforce in May, or nearly ‌8,000 ⁠people,

it seems like it will be hard to prove discrimination when 26, aka 0.3%, had disabilities or had used FMLA.