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00:02Meta employees distributed flyers across multiple U.S. offices on Tuesday
00:07to protest the company's installation of mouse-tracking software on employee computers,
00:13according to Reuters. The flyers urged workers to sign an online petition opposing the technology
00:19and cited protections under the National Labor Relations Act for organizing around workplace
00:24conditions. The protest comes about a week before Meta plans to lay off 10% of its workforce.
00:30Reuters reported that some employees have criticized the software and the company's
00:34AI strategy on internal platforms and online forums. Meta said the software is intended to
00:39collect examples of how people use computers to train AI agents. Reuters also reported that some
00:45U.K.-based Meta employees launched a unionization effort with United Tech and Allied workers.
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