Meta Halts Employee Mouse and Keyboard Tracking Program After Data Leak Complaint
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Jibin Joseph
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Meta has paused its controversial employee monitoring program that tracks workers' mouse and keyboard activity for AI training purposes, following an engineer's complaint about a potential internal data leak. The company states it has no evidence of improper access but is investigating the matter, with tracking expected to resume after a few days.
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A company spokesperson tells Reuters that it could take a few days for tracking to
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