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Petition against Meta's employee training data collection for ML models
Key takeaways
- We demand that you not collect employee “computer-use” data for the purposes of training AI Models.
- Recently, leadership announced in a limited audience group (MSL Infra FYI) that a program called "MCI" (Model Capability Initiative) would be rolling out.
- When employees asked what privacy reviews were conducted, including any "people data reviews" (which are required for processing employee data), no completed privacy reviews were provided.
We demand that you not collect employee “computer-use” data for the purposes of training AI Models.
Recently, leadership announced in a limited audience group (MSL Infra FYI) that a program called "MCI" (Model Capability Initiative) would be rolling out. For context this program collects computer inputs such as mouse movements, click locations and keystrokes, as well as screen content.
When employees asked what privacy reviews were conducted, including any "people data reviews" (which are required for processing employee data), no completed privacy reviews were provided. The outlined privacy mitigations were vague, and leadership’s confidence in them appeared limited - evidenced by the selective opt-out afforded to executives.
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