Meta is tracking its employees' every mouse click — and they're mad
Meta has begun tracking its employees' mouse clicks and keystrokes through a new software initiative, leading to significant backlash among staff. Many employees feel that this level of monitoring is an invasion of privacy, prompting a petition against the program. Despite working for a company that heavily relies on user data, employees are expressing discomfort with being monitored themselves.
- ▪Meta has installed a software called the Model Capability Initiative on employees' laptops to monitor their computer usage.
- ▪The program has sparked a petition that has circulated to nearly 20,000 employees demanding its end.
- ▪Employees have expressed concerns about privacy and the implications of such monitoring on workplace norms.
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Meta is tracking its employees' every mouse click — and they're mad Séamus Bellamy 2:32 pm Mon May 18, 2026 Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Phil Pasquini / Shutterstock.com) It's been a while since I had a good belly laugh: employees at Meta are having the vapors over the fact that their keystrokes and mouse movements are being monitored by the company. Imagine, having your every move recorded! How fast you type or what else you look at on your laptop being monitored! My god, one could almost believe that Meta's management is listening in on the company's employees even when they aren't actually using any of Meta's software or tools. How invasive! According to Wired, last month Meta began installing mandatory software called the Model Capability Initiative on US employees' laptops.
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