Meta Layoffs: Viral Post Claims Mark Zuckerberg’s Company Tasked Employees With Building AI Tools Before Axing Their Positions on May 20

A viral social media post claiming a Meta employee was laid off after helping build internal automation tools has heightened tech sector anxieties. The controversy follows Meta's dismissal of 8,000 workers on May 20, as the firm reallocates billions into AI infrastructure and restructures remaining staff into smaller, automated teams.