Business Insider: Facebook Will Fire Dozens of Algorithm Choice Contractors

Facebook told 60 contractors about the dismissal at the choice of the algorithm, the publication writes about this business insider with reference to sources. According to her, we are talking about employees of Accenture, which provides Facebook with the services of moderators and contractors in other areas. According to Insider, employees were informed of this during a suddenly scheduled video call – there, an Accenture representative said that they were selected for dismissal randomly by the choice of the algorithm. Facebook declined to comment on the information, while Accenture said that this could not be called a dismissal.

These cuts come amid growing complexities at Meta (described as extremist and banned in Russia), which owns Facebook. Company finished second quarter with the first ever decline in revenue. The previous few quarters were also not very successful for her. Other tech companies are cutting costs as well, last week became knownthat Microsoft is terminating contracts with hundreds of contractors ahead of schedule, and is also urging employees to cut spending on business travel, corporate events and training.

Yana Rozhdestvenskaya