Meta faces privacy concerns after a Swedish report reveals that workers at subcontractor Sama have watched sensitive footage captured by Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, including videos of people having sex and using bathrooms. The report is based on interviews with over 30 employees who expressed discomfort with the privacy-invasive nature of their annotation work. This raises serious questions about Meta's data handling practices and user privacy protections.
Background
Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses capture first-person video footage that is used to train AI systems through data annotation. Companies like Sama employ workers to label this data, but the process raises privacy concerns when sensitive personal content is involved.
- Source
- Ars Technica
- Published
- Mar 6, 2026 at 07:36 AM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10