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Meta’s Ray‑Ban AI Glasses Face U.S. Class Action as Regulators Probe Human Review of Private Footage

Plaintiffs say Meta’s privacy messaging concealed human review of sensitive recordings from the glasses.

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On Bluesky, users quickly embraced the term "pervert glasses" to refer to Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses, following a shocking investigation.
Meta has been hit with a class action lawsuit, accusing it of lying about prioritizing privacy with its smart glasses.
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Overview

  • Filed March 4 in federal court in San Francisco, the class action by Gina Bartone and Mateo Canu—represented by Clarkson Law—alleges false advertising and privacy violations and also names Luxottica of America.
  • Investigations by Svenska Dagbladet and Göteborgs‑Posten report Nairobi contractors at Sama reviewed clips showing nudity, sex, bathroom visits, visible bank cards and transcripts of voice queries.
  • Meta says media captured by the glasses stays on‑device unless users share it with Meta or Meta AI, at which point contractors may review data with privacy filtering such as automated blurring.
  • Annotators and a former Meta employee say the blurring and other anonymization measures sometimes fail, leaving faces and identifying details visible during review.
  • The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has sought urgent clarification, EU lawmakers have raised GDPR concerns, and coverage notes some multimodal or Live AI features require cloud processing that sends captures to Meta; sales topped 7 million units in 2025.