Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, lawsuit claims
The plaintiffs say Meta used productivity and AI token usage to select workers for layoffs, and the company planned to cut nearly 8,000 jobs.
- On Monday, 26 former Meta Platforms employees filed a lawsuit in Oakland, California, accusing the company of using AI-powered software to target individuals with disabilities or medical leave during mass layoffs.
- Meta announced plans earlier this year to cut 10% of its global workforce, or nearly 8,000 people, beginning in May, with additional job reductions planned later.
- Plaintiffs from six states, including California, New York, and the District of Columbia, allege the company used productivity factors and AI-powered token usage, disadvantaging employees who missed work for medical conditions.
- A Meta spokesperson on Tuesday rejected the allegations, stating "the claims lack merit" and asserting "organisational decisions were and are made by people, not AI" software.
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Twenty-six former employees of Meta Platforms filed a lawsuit accusing her of using artificial intelligence-based software called Metamate (used to analyze employee performance) that disproportionately focused on people with disabilities or medical leave when selecting those affected by mass layoffs.The lawsuit, filed Monday before the Oakland Federal Court (California), says the firm relied on factors such as productivity and the use of AI toke…
Meta sued by 26 employees who say its AI systems targeted workers on medical leave for layoffs
Twenty-six current and former Meta employees have filed a federal lawsuit accusing the company of using AI-powered systems that disproportionately targeted workers with disabilities or who had taken medical leave when selecting people for mass layoffs. The suit, filed Monday in Oakland, California, alleges that Meta relied on productivity metrics and AI token usage data […] This story continues at The Next Web
(San Francisco = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kwon Young-jeon = Meta, the operator of Facebook and Instagram, fired employees on sick leave or paternity leave using artificial intelligence (AI)-based software...
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