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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Brian Yalung

Meta Isn't Scrapping Its Controversial Employee Tracking Programme — Workers Just Won More Control

How much workplace monitoring is too much? Meta’s latest AI initiative is raising tough questions about employee privacy. (Credit: usbotschaftberlin | Wikimedia Commons)

In April, Meta implemented software, the Model Capability Initiative (MCI), designed to monitor mouse movements and keystrokes carried out by employees to help train its AI models. This move prompted concerns among employees, particularly around privacy.

After receiving that feedback, along with other complaints including excessive data consumption that affected battery life and spiked internet usage, Meta announced in an internal memo that it would introduce changes to address concerns raised by workers.

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