Meta is facing growing privacy and labor scrutiny after reports that workers who reviewed Meta smart-glasses footage describing sexual content lost jobs following allegations tied to Kenya-based subcontractors. The BBC reported that Meta ended a contract with Sama, which said the decision would lead to 1,108 redundancies. Meta told the outlet it ended the work because Sama did not meet standards, while Sama defended its performance and said it had met operational, security, and quality requirements. Earlier investigations by Swedish outlets described workers reviewing highly sensitive imagery captured via smart glasses, prompting calls for regulatory action. Kenya’s Office of the Data Protection Commissioner announced it is investigating privacy concerns raised by the case. The dispute also spotlights the governance challenge for universities adopting AI and mediated tools—data access, consent practices, and third-party processing controls remain high-risk topics for compliance. While the context is outside higher ed, the developments are relevant to campus privacy and AI oversight discussions because they illustrate how human-in-the-loop review and contractor arrangements can trigger compliance failures under rapidly evolving expectations.