Senators Wyden and Markey demand Meta answer for 'pervert glasses' privacy harms
404 Media · rss · 2026-10-29
Senators Ron Wyden and Edward Markey sent a letter to Meta demanding answers on Ray-Ban smart glasses privacy risks, citing 404 Media's investigation into accounts with hundreds of thousands of followers using the glasses to harass massage parlor workers. Key points: Meta's own disclosures admit imagery from its visual AI features may be retained and used for AI training including human reviewers; 70+ people have sued Meta over intimate images exposed to data labelers; Kenyan annotators reportedly viewed uncensored footage before Meta ended that contract; users have long modded glasses to disable the recording light; Meta filed a patent for facial recognition features. Senators demand details on safeguards against nonconsensual capture, AI training imagery, and data deletion rights.
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