Meta AI smart glasses share intimate user videos with human moderators in Kenya for AI training

by | Mar 4, 2026 | Latest E-commerce News & Updates

Meta AI smart glasses users shared intimate videos and sensitive financial information with human moderators in Kenya. Svenska Dagbladet, a Swedish newspaper, reported that workers in Nairobi viewed the footage while performing data annotation to train the company’s AI models. Legal experts questioned the platform’s compliance with GDPR transparency requirements for users in Europe. Meta stated that the company processed the media according to its established terms of service.

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