Meta faces discrimination lawsuit over AI use in mass layoffs

Meta faces a federal discrimination lawsuit alleging it used AI systems including keystroke monitoring, token-usage dashboards, and performance ranking to systematically target employees on medical or family leave for layoffs during its May 10% workforce reduction. The complaint claims these AI-driven methods failed to account for protected absences, effectively penalising employees for exercising legal leave rights.

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