📱 Meta launches privacy push as venues ban its smart glasses
Meta is running a PR campaign to address growing backlash over its AI smart glasses after videos of covert recordings — including content creators filming women without consent — spread on social media.
CTO Andrew Bosworth and VP of Wearables Alex Himel both posted Friday explaining that the glasses' LED indicator lights up during recording and cannot be bypassed — recording stops if the LED is blocked. Meta says it has removed content and suspended accounts tied to misuse, though not all offenders have been caught.
Meanwhile, venues are responding with bans: NYC nightclub Basement will eject anyone carrying smart glasses; Burning Man requires consent before filming; DEFCON prohibits them outright.
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