Real caseΒ· 2026
A company lets staff pause AI-training surveillance β for 30 minutes
What happened
After a 1,500-signature petition, Meta added controls letting employees pause its keystroke/mouse-click logging (used to train agentic AI) for up to 30 minutes at a time, or request exemption. Strong cases exist on both sides β worker dignity vs building AI that can actually do real work.
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Read the source βWhat AI property explains this outcome? What would you do differently if you were the designer?