Two US Senators Raise Privacy Concerns About Meta's 'Pervert Glasses'
Meta's smart glasses face new questions from two U.S. Senators, reports Gizmodo. Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden and Massachusetts Sen. Edward Markey "are requesting that Meta provide more information before Thanksgiving on whether it conducted detailed human rights due diligence and safety testing on the product before releasing it," reports Gizmodo. The Senators also requested information from Meta about…
Two U.S. Senators, Ron Wyden and Edward Markey, are raising privacy concerns over Meta's smart glasses, according to Gizmodo. The Senators are urging Meta to disclose more details, ahead of Thanksgiving, regarding the company's human rights due diligence and safety testing of the product. They are also asking Meta for information on how it assessed the privacy risks associated with the glasses and what safeguards are currently in place.
Despite Meta's identification of risks to bystander privacy and vulnerable populations prior to the product's 2021 launch, the company proceeded with its release, which some argue is a tool for invading user and bystander privacy. The Senators are particularly concerned about the potential for surveillance, as the glasses have been spotted on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during raids.
The situation has also raised eyebrows at the New York Police Department's counterterrorism unit, which reported surveillance concerns in a memo earlier this year.
The senators' letter highlights that Meta's technology may retain imagery processed through the glasses' visual AI features, which could be used to train AI systems with the help of human reviewers. The senators term this practice as an invasion of privacy, as it exploits people's highly sensitive information for Meta's commercial gain.
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