childrenshealthdefense.org An investigation reveals that Meta’s AI-powered smart glasses rely on a largely unseen global workforce reviewing deeply personal user data — often without users’ knowledge. As the company moves to add facial recognition features, privacy advocates and lawmakers warn that the technology will expose sensitive information, blur consent, and create significant risks for public safety and civil liberties.
A broad coalition of civil society groups last week sent a letter to Meta, Ray-Ban parent company EssilorLuxottica, the White House, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the U.S. Department of Justice and senior federal officials urging them to stop plans to integrate Meta’s facial recognition software into Ray-Ban AI smart glasses.
Sixty-four consumer advocacy groups, led by the Consumer Federation of America and Ultraviolet Action, warned that integrating facial recognition into eyewear is a “dangerous and reckless plan that will harm both users and the entire public.”
“This move will endanger us all, and particularly give ammunition to scammers, blackmailers, stalkers, child abusers, and authoritarian regimes,” the letter stated. “It would also create acute and unnecessary national security risks.”
The letter follows a recent investigation by Swedish outlets Svenska Dagbladet and Göteborgs-Posten, which revealed that contractors in Kenya hired to train Meta’s artificial intelligence (AI) glasses technology are routinely processing sensitive personal user data — without users’ knowledge.
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