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Meta in row after workers who say they saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs | Flipboard

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The article reports that Meta is facing pressure to explain the cancellation of a major AI training contract with a company, Sama. This follows allegations from Meta's Kenya-based workers that they were required to view graphic content captured by Meta smart glasses. The article also includes several unrelated story snippets about Meta, Apple, and the job market.

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“Meta is under pressure to explain why it cancelled a major contract with a company it was using to train AI, shortly after some of its Kenya-based workers alleged they had to view graphic content captured by Meta smart glasses.”
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Multiple web search results report that Meta faced scrutiny and pressure regarding the cancellation of a major AI training contract. These reports specifically link the pressure to allegations made by Kenya-based workers concerning viewing graphic and sensitive content while training AI systems, and the cancellation of the contract with Sama.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Meta Platforms, Inc. (doing business as Meta) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Meta owns and operates several prominent social media platforms a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Platforms
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Samasource Impact Sourcing, Inc., also known as Sama, is a training-data company, focusing on annotating data for artificial intelligence algorithms. It is based in San Francisco, California, with wor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sama_(company)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Scale AI, Inc. is an American artificial intelligence infrastructure and software company based in San Francisco, California. Originally focused on data annotation, the company also offers RLHF servic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scale_AI
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“In February, workers at the company, Sama, told two Swedish newspapers …”
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Multiple web search results corroborate that workers at Sama reported witnessing inappropriate content. Specifically, one source mentions that in February, workers told two Swedish newspapers they witnessed users going to the toilet and having sex, and another source confirms Swedish newspapers interviewed workers at Sama in Nairobi and published findings on February 27, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The hammer and sickle (Unicode: U+262D ☭ HAMMER AND SICKLE) is a communist symbol that represents unity between workers and peasants. It was designed in 1918 by Yevgeny Kamzolkin and adopted during th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of Trotskyist organizations by country. This article lists only those currently existing parties which self-identify ideologically as Trotskyist. Included are Trotskyist factio…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Revolutionary Communist International (RCI) is a Trotskyist political international. Founded as the Committee for a Marxist International (CMI) by British-based South African political theorist Te…
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“Stifel lowered its price target on Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) to $780 from $805 while maintaining a Buy rating on the …”
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Multiple web search results independently report that Stifel lowered its price target on Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) to $780 from $805 while maintaining a Buy rating.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — BDT & MSD Partners is an American merchant bank that is co-headquartered in Chicago and New York City. The firm has both an advisory platform and an investment platform.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — JPMorgan Chase & Co. (stylized as JPMorganChase) is an American multinational banking institution headquartered in New York City and incorporated in Delaware. It is the largest bank in the United Stat…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russell 1000 Index is a U.S. stock market index that tracks the largest 1,000 stocks in the Russell 3000 Index, which represent about 93% of the total market capitalization of that index. The inde…
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“JPMorgan’s (NYSE: JPM) reaction to Meta Platforms’ (NASDAQ: META) latest earnings report appears largely in line with the actual results achieved in …”
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Two separate web search results state that JPMorgan’s reaction to Meta Platforms’ latest earnings report appeared largely in line with the actual results achieved in Q1 of 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — 16 hours ago · JPMorgan’s (NYSE: JPM) reaction to Meta Platforms’ (NASDAQ: META) latest earnings report appears largely in line with the actual results achieved in the first quarter (Q1) of 2026, but …
https://finbold.com/banking-giant-downgrades-meta-stock-on-m…
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web search NEUTRAL — 16 hours ago · JPMorgan’s (NYSE: JPM) reaction to Meta Platforms’ (NASDAQ: META) latest earnings report appears largely in line with the actual results achieved in the first quarter (Q1) of 2026, but …
https://www.mexc.com/news/1064838
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 30, 2025 · Meta rose as much as 5% after the company reported stronger-than-expected revenue in the first quarter.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/30/meta-q1-earnings-report-2025…
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“The former AI exec at Meta and Salesforce, has seen the future of the job market, …”
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Multiple web search results cite a former AI executive who worked at Meta and Salesforce, stating that she has insights into the future of the job market, particularly concerning AI's impact on entry-level jobs.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A large language model (LLM) is a neural network trained on a vast amount of text for natural language processing tasks, especially language generation. LLMs can generate, summarize, translate and par…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mistral AI SAS (French: [mistʁal]) is a French artificial intelligence (AI) company, headquartered in Paris. Founded in 2023, it has open-weight large language models (LLMs), with both open-source and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistral_AI
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Salesforce, Inc., is an American cloud-based software company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It provides software for sales, customer service, marketing automation, e-commerce, analytics,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salesforce
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“Royal Caribbean's newest ban on smart glasses is one that cruisers have been waiting for. The cruise line enforced this newest ban on a guest during …”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Royal Caribbean has implemented a ban on smart glasses. Specifically, sources mention that the cruise line prohibits the use of any glasses that can record video and take pictures on the ship.
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web search NEUTRAL — While Royal Caribbean and other major cruise lines haven't banned the smart glasses just yet, there are other noticeable bans that cruisers are still talking about in 2026. Royal Caribbean has a parti…
https://www.thetravel.com/royal-caribbean-strange-ban-recrea…
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web search NEUTRAL — Smart glasses bans are reasonable, important, and damn near impossible.The latest ban comes courtesy of the cruise liner, Royal Caribbean, which now prohibits the use of any glasses that can record vi…
https://gizmodo.com/good-luck-banning-smart-glasses-20007233…
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web search NEUTRAL — Cruise to unforgettable destinations with Royal Caribbean.Max out memories and make the most of your weekend on a short Caribbean getaway.
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“Apple has all but given up on the Vision Pro after the M5 model failed to revitalize interest in the device, MacRumors has learned. Apple updated the Vision Pro with a faster M5 chip and a more comfortable band in October 2025, but there were no other hardware changes, and consumers still weren't …”
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Multiple web search results report that Apple has effectively paused or 'given up' on the Vision Pro after the M5 refresh failed to generate sufficient consumer interest. These reports specifically mention the M5 update in October 2025 and the lack of other hardware changes.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Apple M5 is a series of ARM-based systems on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc. as part of the Apple silicon family. Each chip integrates a central processing unit (CPU), graphics processing unit…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Apple Vision Pro is a head-worn computer developed by Apple. It was announced on June 5, 2023, at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) and was released first in the US, then in global te…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Vision_Pro
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — visionOS is an extended reality operating system derived primarily from iPadOS and its core frameworks (including UIKit, SwiftUI, ARKit and RealityKit), and MR-specific frameworks for foveated renderi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisionOS
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