Palestinian-American engineer accuses Meta of firing him over Gaza content
by Reuters from Technology | The Guardian on (#6NAJ6)
Ferras Hamad claims in lawsuit that Meta fired him for trying to fix bugs causing the suppression of Palestinians' Instagram posts
A former Meta engineer on Tuesday accused the company of discrimination in its handling of content related to the war in Gaza, claiming in a lawsuit that Meta fired him for trying to help fix bugs causing the suppression of Palestinian Instagram posts.
Ferras Hamad, a Palestinian-American engineer who had been on Meta's machine learning team since 2021, sued the social media giant in a California state court for discrimination, wrongful termination and other wrongdoing over his February dismissal.
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