Facebook Beats Lawsuit Charging Bias Against Hiring US Citizens

A federal court in Northern California dismissed a lawsuit by a tech worker accusing Facebook parent company Meta Inc. of favoring job applicants on temporary work visas.

US Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler wrotein a decision Thursday that a US citizen can’t bring a claim for citizenship discrimination under the Civil Rights Act.

Purushothaman Rajaram is a naturalized US citizen who applied for multiple positions at Facebook unsuccessfully. Rajaram sought class action status on behalf of all job applicants who were passed over by the company for candidates with temporary H-1B specialty occupation visas, claiming that he lost out on ...