Meta is pausing its employee keystroke-tracking program after sensitive data was exposed internally

Sensitive employee data collected through the Model Capability Initiative was made accessible to all Meta staff

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Meta $META is pausing its internal employee-tracking program after sensitive data collected through the tool became accessible to the company's entire workforce.

The Model Capability Initiative works by recording digital inputs — including keystrokes, clicks, and mouse movements — from computers used by U.S.-based Meta employees, with the collected data fed into the company's AI training pipeline. Among the information made broadly accessible were transcriptions, private employee conversations, performance-related data, and,........

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