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this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2026
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My understanding is that this isn't what happened.
Meta laid off a bunch of employees. Meta claims they used an AI to gauge employees' productivity as a basis for who they laid off. The employees are accusing Meta of laying off employees who took too much medical leave.
That is more plausible, though still discriminatory