Meta Pauses Employee-Tracking Program Following Internal Data Leak(wired.com)
292 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 12 hours ago | 211 comments
tl;dr: Meta has paused its Model Compatibility Initiative (MCI), a tool deployed to US employees in April that captured mouse movements, keystrokes, click locations, and screen content to train AI systems on human computer use. The pause follows an internal security incident where MCI-collected data was accessible to other Meta employees; an initial fix on June 18 failed to hold, prompting further lockdowns. Employees had been petitioning against the program over privacy concerns, and opt-outs were only added after protests.
HN Discussion:
  • Meta is a fundamentally unethical company harming the world and its employees
  • Leaks like this are necessary resistance against expanding surveillance society
  • Treating employees this way reveals how Meta treats user data generally
  • Invasive employee monitoring signals deeper organizational dysfunction
  • Meta's pause is temporary and the program will return