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A former Meta employee is under criminal investigation after allegedly downloading around 30,000 private photographs from Facebook while working at the company.

The engineer was employed by Meta when he is suspected of designing a programme to access personal pictures (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

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Police investigating as former worker is suspected of having designed program to avoid security checks

The former employee was fired from Meta after being suspected of downloading 30,000 photos, the company said.

The tech firm added that affected Facebook users have been notified

The former Meta worker is believed to have designed a programme to be able to access the personal pictures while avoiding internal security checks.

The engineer, who lives in London, is currently on police bail after he was sacked by the social media giant last year

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A former worker at Meta is being investigated by police over suspicions he downloaded about 30,000 private Facebook images.

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