New Delhi, July 10 -- Microsoft's gaming brand XBOX is facing massive social media backlash following the announcement of mass layoffs after securing thousands of foreign worker visas, as reported by Fox News.

Microsoft has announced plans to lay off about 4,800 employees, including around 1,600 from its gaming division XBOX -- a company behind the dominant video game console. The job cuts come even as the company has received approval this year to hire 2,273 employer-sponsored foreign workers under the H-1B visa programme, according to data from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Fox News reported.

Critics, over the internet, claim that American jobs are being unfairly handed to foreigners to cut labor costs, but at t...