Facebook is the most popular social media site today. Many are entertained and pleased with FB's power to reconnect the people all over the world. However, Mark Zuckerberg's social media site is currently facing a lawsuit.
Facebook is currently facing a racial discrimination lawsuit after two employees named Robert Baron Duffy [former employee] and Robert Louis Gary [current employee] from North Carolina facility complained about a manager who uses racial slurs when dealing with black employees. In addition to this, the blacks were paid less than their white colleagues.
The suit was filed on Tuesday in US District Court for the Northern District of California. The complaint demand for over $25,000 compensatory and punitive damages per plaintiff. The lawyer of the complainants believes that Facebook failed to respond to the first complaint as it goes beyond one person.
However, the FB spokesperson believes that the claims have no merit. However, he added that management has already investigated the matter and took quick action to address the issue. Facebook already terminate the manager. They have also provided an "extensive anti-bias, anti-harassment and anti-discrimination training to all data center employees nationwide," CNET reported.
This is not the first time that Facebook faces a lawsuit. In 2011, FB faces a class-action lawsuit after users complained that their names and faces were used in a "Sponsored Story" ad without their consent. The misleading ad was removed in June 2013. It also led to Facebook giving FB users more control over how their names and images will be used in ads.
The trial run for two years and in August 2013, the California court granted Facebook a $20 million settlement. Every FB user who appeared in the unsanctioned promotional is eligible for a $15 payout. The distribution is scheduled on November 17 and some FB users already received their bounty, Quartz reported.
Apparently I was part of a class action lawsuit against Facebook? I'll consider this $15 check a semi-apology for them pushing fake news... pic.twitter.com/0sTEfo18q8
— Colin Campbell (@RaleighReporter) November 22, 2016
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What a funny week to get a class action settlement check in the mail from Facebook! pic.twitter.com/LkwJGRRATC — Michael Roston (@michaelroston) November 22, 2016
Joined a class action lawsuit against Facebook last year and my settlement check just came in the mail. This 15$ is going to change my life.
— Andrew Ingram (@IngramAC) November 22, 2016
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