tech
May 1, 2026
Meta cuts contractors who reported seeing Ray-Ban Meta users have sex
Meta said the Kenyan workers didn’t “meet our standards.”
TL;DR
- Meta ended its contract with data annotation firm Sama after workers reported viewing sensitive footage from Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses.
- Sama claims Meta did not notify them of any failure to meet standards, while Meta stated the contract was terminated due to Sama not meeting their expectations.
- Workers reportedly saw footage of people performing personal acts, raising privacy concerns.
- Meta stated that data is filtered and faces are blurred to protect privacy, and users provide consent for AI content review.
- Ray-Ban Meta glasses have faced increased scrutiny, with a class-action lawsuit filed and investigations by UK and Kenyan data protection authorities.