Meta Eases Employee Tracking Plan, Adding 30-Minute Pauses After Staff Backlash
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Updated · Reuters · Jun 2
Meta Eases Employee Tracking Plan, Adding 30-Minute Pauses After Staff Backlash
3 articles · Updated · Reuters · Jun 2
Summary
Meta added controls letting employees pause mouse and keystroke collection for up to 30 minutes and request exemptions, retreating from a plan rolled out last month on U.S. work computers.
An internal memo said the changes followed weeks of staff complaints about privacy, lack of control, battery drain and software data use that pushed up some workers' home internet consumption.
The tracking data is meant to help train Meta's AI models as it pursues agents that can perform work tasks autonomously, making the program part of its broader AI buildout.
The backlash has intensified tensions during Meta's restructuring and could add to its regulatory risks in the EU, where tech companies already face scrutiny over data collection and use.