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Meta faces class action over AI glasses privacy

Original: Meta is facing a new class action lawsuit over its # AI smart glasses and their lack of privacy, after an investigation

Meta is facing a new class action lawsuit over its AI smart glasses and their handling of user privacy. The legal action follows an investigation by Swedish newspapers which found that workers at a Kenya-based subcontractor review footage captured by customers' glasses, including sensitive content. The reports have raised questions about how Meta processes and safeguards data collected through the wearable devices, and the lawsuit seeks to hold the company accountable for those practices.

Why now: New reporting about sensitive footage being reviewed by outsourced workers has triggered legal action and renewed scrutiny of Meta's wearable devices.

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• Meta is facing a new class action lawsuit over its # AI smart glasses and their lack of privacy, after an investigation by Swedish newspapers found that workers at a Kenya-based subcontractor are reviewing footage from customers’ glasses, which included sensitive content, like… · ljwrites@writeout.ink · 5

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