"Meta decided to end our work with Sama because they don't meet our standards. This decision came shortly after reports of workers viewing explicit footage from Ray-Ban Meta's smart glasses."
"Sama has consistently met the operational, security, and quality standards required across our client engagements, including with Meta. At no point were we notified of any failure to meet those standards."
"Sama workers believe Meta ended the contract because workers spoke out about seeing Ray-Ban Meta-shot footage of people performing personal acts, like changing their clothes, having sex, and using the toilet."
Meta terminated its contract with Sama, a data annotation firm, after workers reported viewing sensitive footage from Ray-Ban smart glasses. The cancellation affected 1,108 workers. A Meta spokesperson stated that Sama did not meet their standards. Workers believe the contract ended due to complaints about explicit footage. Sama claims they consistently met operational and quality standards and were not notified of any failures. An anonymous employee expressed the pressure to continue working despite viewing private footage.
Read at Ars Technica
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