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26 Meta workers sue. They say AI chose them to lose jobs. They were on medical or family leave.

26 Meta workers sue. They say AI chose them to lose jobs. They were on medical or family leave.

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July 16th, 2026

26 Meta workers sue. They say AI chose them to lose jobs. They were on medical or family leave.

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A group of 26 Meta employees sued the company.

Un grupo de 26 empleados de Meta demandó a la empresa.

They say Meta used AI systems to choose people for layoffs.

Ellos dicen que Meta usó sistemas de IA para elegir personas para despidos.

The system targeted workers on medical, parental, or family leave.

El sistema eligió a trabajadores con permiso médico, de paternidad o familiar.

This was unfair, they say.

Esto no fue justo, dicen ellos.

The lawsuit is in a federal court in Oakland, California.

La demanda está en un tribunal federal en Oakland, California.

It says Meta used internal AI tools.

Dice que Meta usó herramientas de IA internas.

It also used keystroke monitoring and algorithm scores.

También usó monitoreo de teclas y puntuaciones de algoritmos.

These tools helped decide who to lay off.

Estas herramientas ayudaron a decidir a quién despedir.

The plaintiffs say workers on leave could not get the same scores as active workers.

Los demandantes dicen que los trabajadores de permiso no podían obtener las mismas puntuaciones que los trabajadores activos.

Meta did not think about leave when it used these scores, the lawsuit says.

Meta no pensó en el permiso cuando usó estas puntuaciones, dice la demanda.

Many of the 26 employees took pregnancy or parental leave.

Muchos de los 26 empleados tomaron permiso por embarazo o por paternidad.

Others took medical leave for disabilities.

Otros tomaron permiso médico por discapacidades.

One employee said a manager warned him.

Un empleado dijo que un jefe le advirtió.

The manager said taking approved leave would lead to layoff selection.

El jefe dijo que tomar permiso aprobado llevaría a ser elegido para despido.

About half of the plaintiffs took leave for caregiving or pregnancy.

Casi la mitad de los demandantes tomaron permiso por cuidado o embarazo.

Meta said the claims are not true.

Meta dijo que las afirmaciones no son ciertas.

It said people, not AI, made the decisions.

Dijo que las personas, no la IA, tomaron las decisiones.

The lawsuit says Meta broke several federal laws.

La demanda dice que Meta rompió varias leyes federales.

These include the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Estas incluyen la Ley de Licencia Familiar y Médica y la Ley de Estadounidenses con Discapacidades.

It also talks about "disparate impact."

También habla de 'impacto dispar'.

This is a legal idea.

Esta es una idea legal.

The Trump administration wants to stop using it.

El gobierno de Trump quiere dejar de usarla.

The plaintiffs' lawyers want to keep the workers in their jobs.

Los abogados de los demandantes quieren mantener a los trabajadores en sus trabajos.

They are waiting for arbitration.

Ellos esperan el arbitraje.

They say the layoffs will cause bad harm that cannot be fixed.

Ellos dicen que los despidos causarán un daño malo que no se puede arreglar.

July 16th, 2026

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