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Meta in row after workers who say they saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs
bbc ^ | 04/30/2026 | Chris Vallance

Posted on 04/30/2026 6:01:26 AM PDT by BenLurkin

In February, workers at the company, Sama, told two Swedish newspapers they had witnessed glasses users going to the toilet and having sex.

Less than two months later, Meta ended its contract with Sama, which Sama said would result in 1,108 workers being made redundant.

Meta says it's because Sama did not meet its standards, a criticism Sama rejects. A Kenyan workers' organisation alleges Meta's decision was caused by the staff speaking out.

Meta has not addressed that allegation but told BBC News in a statement it had "decided to end our work with Sama because they don't meet our standards".

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In late February, Swedish newspapers Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) and Goteborgs-Posten (GP) published an investigation which included the accounts of unnamed workers who had been asked to review videos filmed by Meta's glasses.

"We see everything - from living rooms to naked bodies," one worker reportedly said.

At the time of the publication, Meta admitted subcontracted workers might sometimes review content filmed on its smart glasses when people shared it with Meta AI.

It said this was for the purpose of improving the customer experience, and was a common practice among other companies.

However, the revelations have prompted regulators to act.

Shortly after the Swedish investigation, the UK data watchdog, the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) wrote to Meta about what it called a "concerning" report.

The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner in Kenya also announced it was commencing an investigation into privacy concerns raised by the glasses.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: africa; europeanunion; kenya; kenyans; meta; sama; sweden; unitedkingdom

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1 posted on 04/30/2026 6:01:26 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

I understand the “having sex” part of the article. The rest of it is a mystery.


2 posted on 04/30/2026 6:04:07 AM PDT by LouAvul (I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6)
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To: BenLurkin

Anyone monitoring such video feeds will certainly see these things.

Facebook is mad someone made it public.


3 posted on 04/30/2026 6:04:23 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: BenLurkin

Remember the X-ray glasses ads (2/3 of the way down the page on the left)?

4 posted on 04/30/2026 6:04:55 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: ConservativeMind

What are Meta glasses ?

Like Superman X-ray vision ?


5 posted on 04/30/2026 6:07:25 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: grey_whiskers

I ordered the sea monkeys.....


6 posted on 04/30/2026 6:08:27 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: BenLurkin
Yeah... in the military they'd call glasses that looked like that "BCGs" for Birth Control Glasses because women wouldn't find them attractive and so the wearer wasn't "getting any".



Since the article is describing going into the bathroom to have sex, it was likely gay hookups.

Forcing your employees to watch gay porn is an invitation to massive lawsuits and fines from the labor board.

7 posted on 04/30/2026 6:10:44 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: BenLurkin

Its been a serious problem for years!!

8 posted on 04/30/2026 6:11:19 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Col Frank Slade

Glasses with embedded video cameras.

If you go to the bathroom wearing them, you are streaming what you can see.


9 posted on 04/30/2026 6:12:45 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

I ordered the giant balloons…..


10 posted on 04/30/2026 6:13:47 AM PDT by martinidon
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To: Hot Tabasco
"I ordered the sea monkeys."

Yeah, I remember those.. :)

11 posted on 04/30/2026 6:18:55 AM PDT by unread (One of the largest cities in America has fallen to the communist... Think about that...)
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To: Col Frank Slade

They’re a symbol.


12 posted on 04/30/2026 6:21:58 AM PDT by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: unread

a/k/a brine shrimp . . . but the true name didn’t sell as well as sea monkeys.


13 posted on 04/30/2026 6:26:15 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys many aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: T.B. Yoits
Meta is currently being sued for sending images, that the users marked private, to third party contractors.

I suspect Meta is also sending data recorded despite the devices being turned off.



14 posted on 04/30/2026 6:29:10 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: BenLurkin

Zuckerberg is such a loser. His whole Facebook thing was to rank all the ‘chicks’ at Harvard. As if.


15 posted on 04/30/2026 6:33:54 AM PDT by caddie (Going forward we all need to become Trump, and also Captain Obvious, and Charlie Kirk too. )
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To: LouAvul

lol…starting with “Meta in row…” it went downhill from there.


16 posted on 04/30/2026 6:34:39 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ( )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

All Glasses Matter!


17 posted on 04/30/2026 6:46:07 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Quiet! Quiet Piggy!)
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To: grey_whiskers

Ah, the Good Old Days!

When High Quality merchandise could be had for mere pennies!


18 posted on 04/30/2026 6:55:01 AM PDT by drwoof
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To: LouAvul

People who have electronic “glasses” with cameras, that stream video back to the mother-ship ... were wearing those glasses while doing the horizontal polka ... and employees of the mother-ship got to watch.

I can’t fathom the mentality that would “own” such a device in the first place.


19 posted on 04/30/2026 6:58:50 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Hot Tabasco

I went with the Surprise Package. It was an Ovaltine decoder ring.


20 posted on 04/30/2026 7:01:09 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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