A Tesla owner is seeking class action status for a lawsuit accusing the automaker of allowing its workers to use intimate or embarrassing imagery captured by the electric vehicles for “tasteless entertainment.” | AFP
San Francisco resident Henry Yeh filed the suit in federal court on Friday, in the wake of a Reuters report citing former Tesla staff who said video or pictures had been accessed from people’s cars.Tesla employees “circulated recordings of Tesla customers in private and embarrassing situations, without their consent,” courtesy of sophisticated camera systems built into the cars, a court filing contended.
It added that Tesla employees had shared pictures of people’s pets, making some into “memes” embellished with commentary before being posted in group chats. Cameras in vehicles captured “highly-invasive videos and images” which were used for “the tasteless and tortious entertainment” of Tesla employees, the suit maintained.The lawsuit asks the court to order Tesla to stop the “wrongful behavior” and pay unspecified damages.Tesla did not reply to an AFP request for comment.Your subscription has been successful.
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