Meta has paused an internal program called the Model Capability Initiative (MCI), which collected employees' keystrokes, mouse activity and other actions to train AI models, after a security lapse left the gathered data accessible across the company. The halt took place around June 22, 2026.
June 22, 2026 · Meta
Meta Pauses Its Employee-Tracking AI Program After Its Own Data Leaks Internally
The "Model Capability Initiative" recorded keystrokes, screens, and prompts to train AI agents. A permissions misconfiguration made all of it visible company-wide — turning an AI-training tool into its own data-exposure incident.
1,500+
signatures on the employee petition against the program
SEV 2
internal severity assigned to the exposure
0
restart date announced — pause is indefinite
A two-month timeline, then a sudden stop
From mandatory rollout to indefinite pause in roughly two months.
APR 21–22
Launch
Mandatory for most U.S.-based employees' work computers.
→
EARLY JUN
Scaled back
Added a 30-minute pause option and limited exemptions.
→
JUN 22
Full pause
Halted after a misconfiguration exposed data — no resumption date.
What the program collected
Raw digital interactions captured on work computers to teach AI agents how humans operate software.
Keystrokes
Mouse activity & clicks
Screen contents
Full AI prompts
Transcripts
Private conversations
Performance data
DSS ratings (1–4)
Meta's position
"We have carefully designed this program with privacy safeguards... we have no indication at this time that any data was improperly accessed by Meta employees, we're pausing it while we investigate."
Employee reaction
"I am incensed." Many called the program "really antisocial" and noted "the fact that this data wasn't locked down as originally promised is super frustrating" — with personal tax and medical info on the same machines.
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