Hayward was axed by Meta in November and originally filed a lawsuit against the company in Manhattan Federal Court.

In the suit, Hayward's attorney, Dan Kaiser, pointed out that draining users' smartphone batteries puts people at risk especially "in circumstances where they need to communicate with others, including but not limited to police or other rescue workers."

Social media apps like Facebook Messenger can intentionally drain the batteries powering users' smartphones

The suit had to be withdrawn because Meta's terms of employment forced Hayward to argue his case in arbitration.

Kaiser says that most people have no idea that Facebook and other social media companies can drain your battery intentionally.

"At one point during his employment at Meta, the company handed Hayward an internal training document titled "How to run thoughtful negative tests."