Senators press Meta on smart-glasses privacy and AI training
Original title: Senators Demand Meta Answer for 'Pervert Glasses' Following 404 Media Investigation
Wyden and Markey ask whether bystanders can delete biometric data captured by Meta’s glasses.
Senators Ron Wyden and Edward Markey wrote Meta demanding answers on safeguards against nonconsensual capture and processing of intimate imagery with its smart glasses. The letter cites a 404 Media investigation of Ray-Ban glasses videos filmed in massage parlors and Meta disclosures that visual-AI imagery may be retained and used to train AI, including with human reviewers. Prior reporting described recording-indicator mods, contractor review of footage, and lawsuits over intimate images shown to data labelers.
Unconfirmed: The intimate-imagery and contractor-review claims come from reporting and the senators’ letter, not a new Meta confirmation.
- The cited investigation described Instagram accounts with hundreds of thousands of followers.
- A BBC report said a recorded woman’s phone number was posted with a video.
- More than 70 people sued Meta over intimate images shown to labelers.
- Swedish reporting said Kenyan labelers saw uncensored glasses footage before Meta ended that contract.
- Meta filed a patent in August for facial recognition on the glasses.
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From the original article
4 min read at 404media.co
"Meta’s smart glasses have increasingly been implicated in disturbing invasions of users’ and bystanders’ privacy," a letter sent to Meta from Ron Wyden and Edward Markey says.
By Samantha Cole · 404media.co
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