<p>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."</p>.<p>San Francisco resident Henry Yeh filed the suit in federal court on Friday, in the wake of a <em>Reuters</em> report citing former Tesla staff who said video or pictures had been accessed from people's cars.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>Examples listed in the suit included a naked man walking toward a Tesla and road-rage incidents.</p>.<p>A video showing a Tesla hitting a child on a bicycle quickly spread around a Tesla office in Silicon Valley, the court filing said.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>Cameras in vehicles captured "highly-invasive videos and images" which were used for "the tasteless and tortious entertainment" of Tesla employees, the suit maintained.</p>.<p>The activity dates back to at least 2019, according to the filing. The lawsuit asks the court to order Tesla to stop the "wrongful behavior" and pay unspecified damages.</p>.<p>The suit accuses Tesla of negligence, fraud and privacy invasion. Tesla did not reply to an <em>AFP</em> request for comment.</p>
<p>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."</p>.<p>San Francisco resident Henry Yeh filed the suit in federal court on Friday, in the wake of a <em>Reuters</em> report citing former Tesla staff who said video or pictures had been accessed from people's cars.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>Examples listed in the suit included a naked man walking toward a Tesla and road-rage incidents.</p>.<p>A video showing a Tesla hitting a child on a bicycle quickly spread around a Tesla office in Silicon Valley, the court filing said.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>Cameras in vehicles captured "highly-invasive videos and images" which were used for "the tasteless and tortious entertainment" of Tesla employees, the suit maintained.</p>.<p>The activity dates back to at least 2019, according to the filing. The lawsuit asks the court to order Tesla to stop the "wrongful behavior" and pay unspecified damages.</p>.<p>The suit accuses Tesla of negligence, fraud and privacy invasion. Tesla did not reply to an <em>AFP</em> request for comment.</p>