Reported 6 months ago
A former Meta engineer, Ferras Hamad, has sued the company for bias in handling content related to the Gaza conflict, claiming he was fired for trying to fix bugs suppressing Palestinian Instagram posts. The Palestinian-American engineer accused Meta of discrimination, wrongful termination, and bias against Palestinians, stating the company deleted internal communications mentioning Gaza deaths while overlooking similar actions involving Israeli or Ukrainian flags. Meta refuted by mentioning Hamad's violation of data access policies as cause for dismissal. This lawsuit reflects ongoing criticisms over Meta's content moderation performance concerning Israel-Palestine issues.
Source: YAHOO