A former employee of Facebook claimed that the app can secretly drain its users' mobile batteries. He filed a lawsuit against the social media giant. George Hayward, a data scientist, revealed that a practice known as "negative testing" allows tech companies to "surreptitiously" consume a larger percentage of cell phone batteries. During this testing process, the app shows how fast their software system is or how an image might load.
When Hayward came to know about the app's "negative testing" feature, he discussed the same with his manager, who responded by saying that they were helping the greater masses and that if a few users were harmed during this process, it was not a huge concern.
Later, the data scientist filed a lawsuit at the Manhattan Federal Court in November for refusing to participate in negative testing. Hayward worked on Facebook's Messenger app, which allows users to send written messages or make phone or video calls, and it is widely used by several million users across the world.
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