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Meta Workers Sue, Say AI Layoff Picks Hit Employees on Medical and Parental Leave

If an algorithm decided who got cut while they were out sick or on parental leave, the suit turns a routine layoff into a discrimination question the feeds already answered before a judge does.

By Theo Kaplan, San Francisco July 15 4 min read

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UK Unveils a Voluntary Midnight Social Media Curfew for Older Teens

A curfew teens can switch off with one tap is a policy and a poll at once, and the gap between how it is sold and what it actually does is where the reader gets misled.

By Charles Ashford, London July 15 4 min read