Ex-Meta engineer sues company, claiming he was fired over handling of Palestine content
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Ferras Hamad, who used to be an engineer working with Meta's machine learning team, has sued the company for firing him over his handling of Palestine-related Instagram posts.

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According to Reuters, he is accusing the company of discrimination, wrongful termination and showing a pattern of bias against Palestinians. Hamad said he noted procedural irregularities on how the company handled restrictions on content from Palestinian Instagram personalities, which prevented them from appearing in feeds and searches.

  • @flipper8827English
    1•7 months ago

    It’s about darn time someone within the ranks of the Meta organization speaks out and inspires other employees to come forward and speak their peice.

    • Kashif ShahOPMEnglish
      1•7 months ago

      sometimes I wonder what the full extent of a congressional inquiry would uncover at these behavioral-finance driven businesses