Exclusive: Former Meta engineer sues company saying he was fired over handling of Gaza content
General News,Social Media,Meta,Lawsuit
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NEW YORK, June 4 (Reuters) - A former Meta (META.O), opens new tab engineer on Tuesday 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.
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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