Meta Workers Can Opt Out of Workplace Tracking for Up to 30 Minutes

Slashdotby BeauHDJune 3, 2026tech

Meta is scaling back parts of its employee tracking initiative after staff objected to software that collected mouse movements, clicks, keystrokes, and other actions for AI training data. According to Reuters, the company will now let workers pause collection for up to 30 minutes and request exemptions. Reuters reports: [Stephane Kasriel, a vice president in Meta's AI model-building Superintelligence Labs unit] said the team behind the software had also introduced "several optimizations" to redu

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Meta Workers Can Opt Out of Workplace Tracking for Up to 30 Minutes

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