Meta pauses employee tracker for AI training amid privacy concerns

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:38:33 GMT

About 1,600 workers signed petition against tool that tracked staff keystrokes, mouse clicks and computer screen contentMark Zuckerberg’s Meta has paused a program that tracked employees’ computer activity amid data privacy concerns and a staff backlash.The owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp had introduced a tool that tracked staff keystrokes, mouse clicks and content displayed on computer screens in order to collect data for training its AI models. Continue reading...

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