NEW YORK - A former Meta engineer on June 4 accused the company of bias 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. Mr Ferras Hamad, a Palestinian-American engineer who had been on Meta's machine learning...
Meta has faced accusations that it is suppressing expressions of support for Palestinians living amid the war in Gaza.NEW YORK - A former Meta engineer on June 4 accused the company of bias 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.
The company launched no such investigations for employees posting Israeli or Ukrainian flag emojis in similar contexts, according to the lawsuit.Mr Hamad's claims reflect long-standing criticisms by human rights groups over Meta's performance moderating the content posted to its platforms about Israel and the Palestinian territories, including in an external investigation the company commissioned in 2021.
Nearly 200 Meta employees raised similar concerns in an open letter to chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and other leaders earlier in 2024.
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