Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators

# Meta's Smart Glasses Face Major Safety Pushback Meta's new glasses can identify people's faces using AI, and over 70 civil rights groups are warning this feature could put vulnerable people in serious danger—including abuse survivors, undocumented immigrants, and LGBTQ+ individuals who might be tracked or exposed without their knowledge. The organizations argue that bad actors like stalkers or predators could use the technology to follow and identify targets in public spaces. The groups are calling on Meta to scrap the facial recognition feature before releasing the product.
More than 70 organizations, including the ACLU, EPIC, and Fight for the Future, say the AI smart glasses feature would endanger abuse victims, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people.
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