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EXHIBIT A IS STILL RECORDING

By Zimbo · November 1, 2026

AI cartoon by Zimbo: Satirical cartoon: two stern senators confront a worried Zuckerberg beside oversized META camera glasses marked REC on an evidence stand, secretly recording an unsuspecting bystander reading in the background.
Senators Wyden and Markey confront Zuckerberg over Meta’s camera glasses — Exhibit A, still recording a bystander who never agreed to be in the picture.Zimbo for AI News Page

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Senators Ron Wyden and Edward Markey wrote to Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg on October 28 to investigate what they call serious privacy and safety risks in Meta’s AI smart glasses, saying the glasses have increasingly been implicated in disturbing invasions of users’ and bystanders’ privacy.

The letter cites reports of men secretly filming women with the glasses, nicknamed “pervert glasses,” while harassing them and posting the recordings online, and claims Meta’s AI contractors reviewed eyewear footage of people undressing and engaging in sexual activity.

The senators ask whether Meta assessed voyeurism risk, whether people filmed without consent can request deletion of biometric data, and about accidental activation and tampering with the recording indicator, with responses requested by Thanksgiving. Meta launched the product even after identifying risks to bystander privacy, the letter says.

The glasses came with a recording light, a Senate letter, and absolutely no off switch for the awkward silence.

READ THE FULL REPORT — Engadget ↗

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