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Digital rights group Noyb files complaints against Scale AI over tracking

European privacy group Noyb is filing legal complaints against San Francisco startup Scale AI over allegations that its platform illegally tracks thousands of workers.

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European digital rights group Noyb is filing five legal complaints against American startup Scale AI over how its training platform Outlier tracks workers, Euronews reported on October 27, 2026. The organization stated that the platform's tracking practices infringe on the rights of its 900,000 workers. [1]

San Francisco based Scale AI focuses on artificial intelligence infrastructure, data annotation, and large language model evaluation. European regulators have increased scrutiny of artificial intelligence companies in October 2026, with the European Union Artificial Intelligence Office launching investigations into OpenAI and Anthropic. [1][5]

The enforcement actions in Europe coincide with regulatory shifts in the United States, where President Donald Trump signed an agreement allowing the six largest American artificial intelligence firms to regulate themselves, Euronews reported. [1]

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In short

  • Digital rights group Noyb is filing five complaints against Scale AI in Europe.
  • Scale AI's training platform Outlier tracks 900,000 workers.
  • The European Union AI Office opened investigations into OpenAI and Anthropic in October 2026.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Why should Big Tech know what you’re working on? Scale AI accused of spying on AI trainersEuronews, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]How Big Tech and Abbott made Texas the ‘epicenter’ of data centersPolitico, 3h ago
  3. [3]How Big Tech and Abbott made Texas the ‘epicenter’ of data centersPolitico, 3h ago

Background

  1. [4]Big Tech on Wikipedia
  2. [5]Scale AI on Wikipedia
  3. [6]Big Tech on Grokipedia
  4. [7]Scale AI on Grokipedia
  5. [8]Three Iranian men go on trial in London over spy plot FTMQ News, 20d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 8 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

Earlier reports of ours on the same people and subjects.

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