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Topic: meta

Meta Platforms headquarters in Menlo Park, California
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Tuesday, 7/14, 10:28 PM

Meta Sued Over Claims That AI Chose Who to Lay Off

  • Twenty-six current and former Meta employees have sued the company, alleging its AI systems helped decide who to cut in a May layoff and that the criteria penalized workers on medical or family leave.
  • Meta denies it, saying people, not AI, made the decisions.
  • The unproven case is an early test of how far companies can lean on algorithms in firing.
Meta's headquarters in Menlo Park
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Ex-Meta Executive Sarah Wynn-Williams Sues to Lift a Gag Order

  • Sarah Wynn-Williams, the former Facebook policy director whose bestselling memoir triggered a legal fight with Meta, has sued in federal court to vacate an arbitration order her lawyers say bars her from speaking publicly — under threat of $50,000 penalties per violation.
  • Meta calls the suit an attempt to sell books.

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