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Afternoon Brief · October 28th 2026
Privacy group files five complaints over Scale AI's worker platform
Noyb and three partner groups filed five complaints against Scale AI over Outlier, the data-labeling platform it says has more than 900,000 freelance workers, in France, Italy, the Netherlands and two in Austria A. They allege TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook and Datadog trackers run while workers label data, that repeated face-video and ID checks through Persona go beyond what is necessary, and that Scale ignored access requests A. The complaints ask regulators for an investigation and a fine; none of the allegations has been tested. SourcesA
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This story ran in the Afternoon Brief of October 28th 2026.