Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, lawsuit claims
The workers say Meta’s AI tools penalized approved leave and disability accommodations, and they seek to block 8,000 layoffs pending arbitration.
- A lawsuit was filed by 26 employees seeking to halt layoffs in California's U.S. District Court while their claims proceed.
- The plaintiffs allege that Meta used AI systems, including 'Metamate' and other tools, to rank and select employees for layoffs.
- The lawsuit claims that Meta did not consider employees on protected medical or family leave, failing to meet legal requirements.
- Meta's spokesperson stated that organizational decisions were made by people, not AI.
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26 Employees Sue Meta, Allege Unfair AI Selection for Layoffs
Twenty-six current and former employees of Meta are suing the social media and technology company claiming it used artificial intelligence (AI) to target employees who were on leave during the company’s last round of mass layoffs. Meta announced in April that it would lay off 10 percent of its workforce, which totaled about 8,000 employees. According to documents filed July 13 with the United States District Court Northern California District in…
Workers sued Meta in the U.S. for using artificial intelligence to execute discriminatory dismissals against staff on medical leave.
Meta Faces Lawsuit Regarding Claims Its AI Systems Targeted Employees With Disabilities When It Reduced Workforce
Meta is facing a lawsuit over its alleged use of AI in layoffs. KRON4 reports that the tech giant has been sued by 26 Meta employees living in California, Florida, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington state. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Oakland, CA, alleges that the company’s AI systems targeted employees with disabilities or those who had taken medical leave within the past 24 months when it reduced its workforce this year…
The US-based technology company Meta has been sued for allegedly disproportionately targeting a specific group of employees by using artificial intelligence and other digital systems in its mass layoff process.
A collective lawsuit of 26 former employees accuses the Facebook matrix of using algorithms to draw up layoffs lists without taking into account their legal protections
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