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Meta employees are up in arms over a mandatory program to train AI on their

Meta mandates keystroke and mouse-movement surveillance on US work computers to train AI agents, provoking backlash from employees who cannot opt out.

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Hacker NewsBY sys://pipeline

Meta is mandating that US employees install tracking software on work computers that logs keystrokes and mouse movements to train its AI agents. The software is designed to help AI models learn how humans actually use computers and complete everyday tasks, but has sparked significant backlash from employees who cannot opt out. Meta's CTO Andrew Bosworth confirmed the program is mandatory, though Meta claims safeguards protect sensitive content.

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