Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, lawsuit says

[rcjordan]

https://www.reuters.com/world/meta-used-ai-target-workers-with-medical-conditions-layoffs-former-employees-2026-07-14/

[ergophobe]

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.