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Meta is using mouse-tracking software on employees. Now they’re pushing back.

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14.05.2026

Meta is using mouse-tracking software on employees. Now they’re pushing back.

The tech giant has added surveillance software to all company devices—and employees are not having it.

[Photo Illustration: Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images]

As Meta has poured hundreds of billions of dollars into outpacing its competition in the AI arms race, employees have been forced to get on board with its big bet. Meta employees have been asked to enthusiastically adopt AI and are now evaluated on their AI use in performance reviews. Recurring layoffs have reportedly stoked discontent: According to a recent New York Times report, employees have built websites to count down to another round of rumored job cuts next week. 

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