… Employees also have been frustrated by being “drafted” onto a new AI team without any choice and the rollout of surveillance software that tracks US workers’ laptop use to train AI models. …
… Meta is also urged to disclose any known instances of its wearables being used in stalking, harassment, or domestic violence cases; disclose any past or ongoing discussions with federal law enforcement agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, about … …
… The tool records employees’ screens when using certain apps with the goal of collecting “real examples of how people actually use” computers, including “mouse movements, clicking buttons, and navigating dropdown menus,” according to Reuters. …
… This is so irresponsible.” Privacy advocates have long pointed out that while child safety and public safety should always be paramount, child sexual abuse and other crimes still play out daily on chat apps and other digital services that do not offer the universal protection of end-to-end encrypti… …
… WIRED also reported this week that the Manhattan Institute—the same right-wing think tank that engineered the 1990s broken-windows policing and the Trump administration’s anti-DEI push—is now shopping model legislation to turn minor protest-related offenses into felonies under a novel theory it cal… …
… My only complaint is that these are hard to hear when you’re biking at higher speeds, which is why I also like the next pair of Meta sunglasses. …
… Executives have also urged some product teams to introduce generative AI features into Meta’s family of social media apps. “This is the part that’s triggered the real morale crusher,” a former employee says of the AI directives. “Zuckerberg was just obsessed that this is the transformation we have … …