Overview
- The Texas attorney general issued a Civil Investigative Demand to Meta on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, starting a formal probe of Meta AI Glasses and the company’s privacy representations.
- Paxton’s office says the glasses have an “always enabled” processing mode that can continuously analyze video for Meta AI while the recording LED can be easily hidden and does not light in that mode.
- The investigation cites reporting that annotators at Meta’s subcontractor Sama in Kenya have viewed intimate user footage and that automatic face blurring may not always occur during labeling.
- Reporting that Meta has considered a facial‑recognition feature called “Name Tag” is being examined by the AG but remains unconfirmed public reporting rather than an announced product change by Meta.
- The probe builds on Texas’s July 2024 $1.4 billion settlement with Meta over facial‑recognition use and could influence how states scrutinize wearable design, vendor controls, and protections for bystanders captured on camera.