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title: "Meta pauses its employee mouse-tracking program over data-security fears"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-pauses-its-employee-mouse-tracking-program-over-data-security-fears-cvmptxvtf
source_url: https://thenextweb.com/news/meta-pauses-mouse-tracking-data-security
type: article
source: "The Next Web"
published: 2026-06-23T08:07:15.386Z
updated: 2026-06-23T08:07:33.694Z
tags: ["data-privacy", "gdpr"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 1
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Meta pauses its employee mouse-tracking program over data-security fears

**[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Meta has paused its Model Capability Initiative (MCI), an internal program launched in April 2026 that tracks employee mouse movements, keystrokes, clicks, and screenshots to train its AI models. The halt follows a permissions misconfiguration that left sensitive employee data — including private conversations, performance records, and transcriptions — accessible to all Meta staff. The program had already faced internal protests over surveillance concerns and potential GDPR violations. Meta says it found no evidence of improper access but is investigating, with no stated timeline for resumption or indication of whether MCI will return in its current form.

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