Meta glasses banned from courts in England and Wales
Courts in England and Wales have banned Meta smart glasses from their buildings, with staff instructed to confiscate any pair brought in. The move follows similar bans in New York courts and a broader wave of restrictions by venues concerned about the glasses' ability to covertly record video.
Why this matters: Courts are places where people show up at vulnerable moments — as witnesses, victims, defendants, or jurors. They often have no choice about being there. A device that can record video without any obvious signal has no business in that space. This is not about one gadget. It is about what happens when consumer tech is designed to collect footage invisibly. When courts, restaurants, and theaters all independently reach the same conclusion about a product, that tells you something about how the product was built and what it was built to do.
Who should care: Privacy officers · Cybersecurity
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