Overview
- Multiple outlets corroborate that contractors at Sama in Nairobi review clips from Meta’s glasses, including nudity, bathroom use, sex acts, and visible credit card data.
- Meta’s AI terms permit automated or manual human review of user content, and the company has largely pointed reporters to its policies rather than explaining filtering, storage, or audit controls.
- Workers describe pressure to label intimate footage or risk losing their jobs, and strict on-site security is used to prevent leaks despite the sensitivity of the material.
- Former staff and annotators say anonymization can fail, leaving faces or other identifiers visible in challenging conditions.
- The UK Information Commissioner’s Office says it will request information from Meta on legal compliance, as a new Android app called Nearby Glasses offers limited alerts when smart glasses are detected nearby.