Workplace Surveillance

Meta Halts Employee Tracker Used for AI Training After Privacy Backlash Meta has temporarily stopped using an internal tool that tracked employee activity data for AI training, following concerns raised by staff about their privacy. The move, reported by The Guardian on June 24, 2026, highlights a growing tension between the data-hungry needs of AI development and the rights of workers — and offers a signal for anyone worried about how their own data might be used. ...

What Meta’s employee tracker pause means for your privacy Meta recently suspended an internal tool that tracked employees’ location and activity for use in training artificial intelligence models. The move came after a company-wide data leak exposed sensitive information, raising questions about how far companies will go to gather data – even from their own staff. ...