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.
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Who writes these indecipherable headlines?
Wait...are the “Kenyan workers” in Sweden??
They rowed there.
They had sex wearing the glasses and videoed themselves, like wearing a bodycam.......
I do remember those glasses!! I had a pair. Also bought the “ventriloquist” doo hicky that went in the back of your throat and you almost choke on!
At least yours worked. I got nothing from my sea monkeys other than a package of dirt that I put in a jar.......
Sucka. Somebody made coin back in the day.
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