Meta Used AI to Target Workers With Medical Conditions for Layoffs, L…

Meta faces a novel lawsuit from 26 employees claiming the company used AI systems to disproportionately target workers with disabilities or medical leave for layoffs in May 2026. The plaintiffs allege Meta's AI tools—including productivity scoring, keystroke monitoring, and language models—violated federal disability protections and California/NYC bias-testing laws. If you're building HR AI or workforce analytics, you now have a playbook for how regulators and courts will scrutinise your system—and a price tag: Meta's defence will cost millions, and the ruling will set precedent for bias testing in California and New York. Audit your training data and monitoring logic now, or your customer will become the defendant.