Former Meta engineer sues company saying he was fired over handling of Gaza content

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NEW YORK, June 5 — A former Meta engineer yesterday accused the company of bias in its handling of content related to the war in Gaza, claiming in a lawsuit that Meta fired him...

A former Meta engineer yesterday 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.Meta did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on Hamad’s allegations. Nearly 200 Meta employees raised similar concerns in an open letter to Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and other leaders earlier this year.

In one case, the complaint alleged, he found that a short video posted by Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza had been misclassified as pornographic even though it showed a destroyed building in Gaza.

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